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lobotomy |
3 definitions found From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: lobotomy n : surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the frontal lobe of the brain [syn: {prefrontal lobotomy}, {prefrontal leucotomy}] From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: 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 management; the latter doubtless intend it as a joke. 2. The act of removing the processor from a microcomputer in order to replace or upgrade it Some very cheap {clone} systems are sold in `lobotomized' form -- everything but the brain. From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: lobotomy 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 management; the latter doubtless intend it as a joke. 2. The act of removing the processor from a {microcomputer} in order to replace or upgrade it Some very cheap {clone} systems are sold in lobotomised" form - everything but the brain. [{Jargon File}]
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