lock in

v 1: close with or as if with a tight seal; "This vacuum pack

locks in the flavor!" [syn: {seal in}]

2: place in a place where something cannot be removed or

someone cannot escape; "The parents locked her daughter up

for the weekend"; "She locked her jewels in the safe"

[syn: {lock away}, {lock}, {put away}, {shut up}, {shut

away}, {lock up}]

jack in

To log on to a machine or connect to a network or {BBS},

especially for purposes of entering a {virtual reality}

simulation such as a {MUD} or {IRC} (leaving is "jacking

out"). This term derives from {cyberpunk} SF, in which it was

used for the act of plugging an electrode set into neural

sockets in order to interface the brain directly to a virtual

reality. It is primarily used by MUD and IRC fans and younger

hackers on BBS systems.

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