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A sign, or representamen, is something which stands to somebody for something in some respect or capacity.

If music on the radio is the stepchild of commercial considerations, on the other electronic medium—television—it's an absolute orphan. But if you're a confirmed televidiot, you should check in two places: WTTW (channel 11) carries NET programming, including some good (though very intermittent) classical music concerts; […]

The concept for Anonymous began when American-run imageboard 4chan, a website created in 2003 for sharing images with accompanying comments, followed in the footsteps of the Japanese imageboard 2channel by allowing an anti-signup system where comment posters could remain anonymous.