beam

<jargon>

(From Star Trek Classic's "Beam me up, Scotty!") To transfer softcopy of a file electronically; most often in combining forms such as "beam me a copy" or "beam that over to his site". Compare blast, snarf, BLT.

[Jargon File]

Last updated: 2009-06-09

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