Exon \Ex"on\, n. [NL., from E. Exe (Celt. uisge water) the name
   of a river.]
   A native or inhabitant of Exeter, in England.
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	Exon \Ex"on\, n. [F. expect an under officer.]
   An officer of the Yeomen of the Guard; an Exempt. [Eng.]
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	exon
    n 1: sequence of a gene's DNA that transcribes into protein
         structures; "exons are interspersed with introns" [syn:
         exon, coding DNA] [ant: intron, noncoding DNA]

	

	Exon
 /eks'on/, excl.

    A generic obscenity that quickly entered wide use on the Internet and
    Usenet after the passage of the Communications Decency Act. From the last
    name of Senator James Exon (Democrat-Nebraska), primary author of the
    CDA. This usage outlasted the CDA itself, which was quashed a little over
    a year later by one of the most acerbic pro-free-speech opinions ever
    uttered by the Supreme Court. The campaign against it was led by an
    alliance of hackers and civil libertarians, and was the first effective
    political mobilization of the hacker culture. Use of Exon's name as an
    expletive outlived the CDA controversy itself.