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• etrock /net'rok/ n. [IBM] A flame; used esp. on VNET, IBM's internal corporate network.
• otwork: /not'werk/ n. A network, when it is acting {flaky} or is {down}.
  Compare {nyetwork}. Said at IBM to have originally referred to a particular period of flakiness on IBM's VNET corporate network ca....
• gripenet: [IBM] n. A wry (and thoroughly unofficial) name for IBM's internal VNET system
  deriving from its common use by IBMers to voice pointed criticism of IBM management that would be taboo in more formal channels....
• otwork /not'werk/ n. A network, when it is acting flaky or is down.
  Compare nyetwork. S have originally referred to a particular period of flakiness on IBM's VNET corporate network ca....
• NetBOLLIX: [from bollix: to bungle] n. {IBM}'s NetBIOS, an extremely {brain-damaged} network protocol that, like {Blue Glue}, is used at commercial shops that don't know any better.
  -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• glass: [IBM] n. Synonym for {silicon}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary
• enior bit: [IBM] n. Syn. {meta bit}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary
• zipperhead: [IBM] n. A person with a closed mind. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary
• box: n. 1. A computer; esp. in the construction `foo box' where foo is some functional qualifier, like `graphics', or the name of an OS (thus, `UNIX box', `MS-DOS box', etc.
  ) "We preprocess the data on UNIX boxes before handing it up to the mainframe....