noddy = N = Nominal Semidestructor
node n.
1. [Internet, UUCP] A host machine on the network. 2. [MS-DOS BBSes] A dial-in line on a BBS. Thus an MS-DOS sysop might say that his BBS has 4 nodes even though it has a single machine and no Internet link, confusing an Internet hacker no end.
--The Jargon File version 4.3.1, ed. ESR, this entry manually entered by rootbeer277.