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Used mostly in the '80s and '90s: having your computer repeatedly dial a number to try and get into a limited-space modem pool immediately after another user hangs up. An identical technique was sometimes used to get the first call for prizes in radio "call-in" shows, thus leading to the adoption of random "fifth caller," "seventeenth caller" etc. by radio stations to circumvent this practice.
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