tube time

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)

tube time
 n.

   Time spent at a terminal or console. More inclusive than hacking time;
   commonly used in discussions of what parts of one's environment one
   uses most heavily. "I find I'm spending too much of my tube time
   reading mail since I started this revision."

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

tube time

   Time spent at a terminal or console.  More inclusive than
   hacking time; commonly used in discussions of what parts of
   one's environment one uses most heavily.  "I find I'm spending
   too much of my tube time reading mail since I started this
   revision."

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