Short for SIGNATURE A short personalizing message often found at the bottom of a mail message Keep it 4 lines or less to avoid causing offense, or to avoid having the remainder left off, as some programs will do to reduce superfluous text
A section at the end of a person's message that usually contains their name, e-mail address, phone number, pithy quote, etc Good Net etiquette dictates that sigs not occupy more than six lines of space or so
(Special Interest Group): Sponsors of a variety of listservs, IRC channels and Internet sites SIGs exist for many different subjects
Special Interest Group; often found in professional organizations in lieu of, or as an adjunct to, divisions
Acronym for "Special Interest Group " SIGs sponsor a variety of Listservs, IRC channels, and Internet sites
Schweitzerische Industrie Gesellschaft - German for Swiss Industrial Corporation This company makes fine handguns and rifles on which a number of Airsofts are based
Acronym for Special Interest Group SIGs sponsor a variety of Listservs, IRC channels, and Internet sites Also a nickname for a Signature
A self-insured group An SIG is a group of risks, usually sharing common characteristics or exposures, that join together in order to generate enough premium volume to justify self-insuring themselves Members of an SIG often are jointly and severally liable for the losses of one another
A Special Interest Group, or SIG, sponsors different items such as IRC Channels, Listservs, and Internet Sites
(short for "signature') - a few lines of information about the sender of an electronic mail message or news posting Most Unix mail and news software will automagically append a signature from a file called signature in the user's home directory to outgoing mail and news A signature should give your real name and your e-mail address since, though these appear in the headers of your messages, they may be munged by intervening software It is currently (1994) hip to include the URL of your home page on the World-Wide Web in your sig The composition of one's sig can be quite an art form, including an ASCII logo or one's choice of witty sayings (see sig quote, fool file) However, large sigs are a waste of bandwidth, and it has been observed that the size of one's sig block is usually inversely proportional to one's prestige on the net
Special Interest Group This is similar to a message base, but it may also contain files
Special Interest Group; groups of BOMA International members who have similar professional specialties and interests Annual meetings and cyber-conferencing allow them the opportunity to exchange ideas and keep themselves informed about current and future developments in their respective fields
= Special Interest Group: a group of CELTics who are working together on a common project Examples
Posters of e-mail or newsgroup messages often create signatures out of ASCII characters and occasionally graphics Once created, this digital signature can be stored and appended onto the end of every e-mail message you send
a small file inserted at the end of e-mail messages or USENET news postings to identify the sender; at a minimum, it should contain the sender's real name and an e-mail address A snail-mail address and voice address (telephone number) also are good Very elaborate sigs, containing graphics and mottos are considered uncool, since they use "bandwidth" without conveying information