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Definition: bang path


An address for sending email via UUCP that specifies the entire route to the destination computer. Also called the "mail path," the bang path separates each hostname with an exclamation point, which is known as a bang. For example, the bang path midearth!shire!bilbo!jsmith would go to the JSMITH user account on the BILBO host, which is reached by first going to MIDEARTH and then SHIRE. See UUCP.