Dev/null /dev-nuhl/ N.
[from The Unix Null Device, Used
As A Data Sink] A Notional `black Hole' In Any Information Space
Being Discussed, Used, Or Referred To.
[from the Unix null device, used
as a data sink] A notional `black hole' in any information space
being discussed, used, or referred to. A controversial posting,
for example, might end "Kudos to rasputin@kremlin.org, flames to
/dev/null". See bit bucket.