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LPT
LPT /L-P-T/ or /lip'it/ or /lip-it'/ /n./ Line printer,
of course. Rare under Unix, more common among hackers who grew up
with ITS, MS-DOS, CP/M and other operating systems that were
strongly influenced by early DEC conventions.
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