: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.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
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.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
- gripenet: [IBM] n. A wry (and thoroughly unofficial) name for IBM's
internal VNET system,
deriving from its common use by IBMers to voice... - netrock: /net'rok/ [IBM] n. A {flame}; used esp. on VNET,
IBM's internal corporate network. -- The AI Hackers... - netrock /net'rok/ n.
[IBM] A flame; used esp. on
VNET,
IBM's internal corporate network... - notwork: /not'werk/ n. A network, when it is acting {flaky}
or is {down}.
Compare {nyetwork}. Said at IBM to have originally... - IBM discount: n. A price increase. Outside IBM, this derives from
the common perception that IBM products are generally overpriced
(see {clone});
inside, it is said to spring from a belief that ... - lobotomy: n. 1. What a hacker subjected to formal management
training is said to have undergone.
At IBM and elsewhere this term is used by both hackers... - glass: [IBM] n. Synonym for {silicon}.
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The AI Hackers... - senior bit: [IBM] n. Syn. {meta bit}.
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The AI Hackers... - zipperhead: [IBM] n. A person with a closed mind.
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