rogue: 1. [Unix] n. A Dungeons-and-Dragons-like game using
character graphics, written under BSD Unix and subsequently ported
to other Unix systems. The original BSD `curses(3)' screen-handling
package was hacked together by Ken Arnold primarily to support
games, and the development of `rogue(6)' popularized its use; it has
since become one of Unix's most important and heavily used
application libraries. Nethack, Omega, Larn, Angband, and an entire
subgenre of computer dungeon games (all known as `roguelikes') all
took off from the inspiration provided by `rogue(6)'; the popular
Windows game Diablo, though graphics-intensive, has very similar
play logic. See also nethack. 2. [Usenet] adj. An ISP which
permits net abuse (usually in the form of spamming) by its
customers, or which itself engages in such activities. Rogue ISPs
are sometimes subject to IDPs or UDPs. Sometimes deliberately
mispelled as "rouge". See also nethack, moria, Angband.
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