tube 1. n. A CRT terminal. Never
used in the mainstream sense of TV; real hackers don't watch TV, except for
Looney Toons, Rocky & Bullwinkle, Trek Classic, the Simpsons, Babylon
5, and the occasional cheesy old swashbuckler movie.
2. [IBM] To send a copy of something to someone else's terminal.
“Tube me that note?”