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Gripenet: [IBM] N. A Wry (and Thoroughly Unofficial) Name For IBM's Internal VNET System
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: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
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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....
etrock: /net'rok/ [IBM] n. A {flame}; used esp. on VNET, IBM's internal corporate network.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
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....
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 large numbers of IBM employees living in an area cause prices to rise....
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 and low-level manageme...
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