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 Definitions for bogon: Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)
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bogon /boh'gon/ n. [very common; by analogy with
proton/electron/neutron, but doubtless reinforced after 1980 by the
similarity to Douglas Adams's `Vogons'; see the Bibliography in
Appendix C and note that Arthur Dent actually mispronounces `Vogons' as
`Bogons' at one point] 1. The elementary particle of bogosity (see
quantum bogodynamics). For instance, "the Ethernet is emitting bogons
again" means that it is broken or acting in an erratic or bogus fashion.
2. A query packet sent from a TCP/IP domain resolver to a root server,
having the reply bit set instead of the query bit. 3. Any bogus or
incorrectly formed packet sent on a network. 4. By synecdoche, used to
refer to any bogus thing, as in "I'd like to go to lunch with you but
I've got to go to the weekly staff bogon". 5. A person who is bogus or
who says bogus things. This was historically the original usage, but has
been overtaken by its derivative senses 1-4. See also bogosity,
bogus; compare psyton, fat electrons, magic smoke.
The bogon has become the type case for a whole bestiary of nonce
particle names, including the `clutron' or `cluon' (indivisible particle
of cluefulness, obviously the antiparticle of the bogon) and the futon
(elementary particle of randomness, or sometimes of lameness). These
are not so much live usages in themselves as examples of a live
meta-usage: that is, it has become a standard joke or linguistic
maneuver to "explain" otherwise mysterious circumstances by inventing
nonce particle names. And these imply nonce particle theories, with all
their dignity or lack thereof (we might note parenthetically that this
is a generalization from "(bogus particle) theories" to "bogus (particle
theories)"!). Perhaps such particles are the modern-day equivalents of
trolls and wood-nymphs as standard starting-points around which to
construct explanatory myths. Of course, playing on an existing word (as
in the `futon') yields additional flavor. Compare magic smoke.
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
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bogon
/boh'gon/ [by analogy with proton/electron/neutron, but
doubtless reinforced after 1980 by the similarity to Douglas
Adams's "Vogons"] 1. The elementary particle of bogosity (see
quantum bogodynamics). For instance, "the Ethernet is
emitting bogons again" means that it is broken or acting in an
erratic or bogus fashion.
2. A query packet sent from a {TCP/IP} domain resolver to
a root server, having the reply bit set instead of the query
bit.
3. Any bogus or incorrectly formed packet sent on a network.
4. A person who is bogus or who says bogus things. This was
historically the original usage, but has been overtaken by its
derivative senses. See also bogosity; compare psyton,
fat electrons, magic smoke.
The bogon has become the type case for a whole bestiary of
nonce particle names, including the "clutron" or "cluon"
(indivisible particle of cluefulness, obviously the
antiparticle of the bogon) and the futon (elementary particle
of randomness, or sometimes of lameness). These are not so
much live usages in themselves as examples of a live
meta-usage: that is, it has become a standard joke or
linguistic maneuver to "explain" otherwise mysterious
circumstances by inventing nonce particle names. And these
imply nonce particle theories, with all their dignity or lack
thereof (we might note parenthetically that this is a
generalisation from "(bogus particle) theories" to "bogus
(particle theories)"!). Perhaps such particles are the
modern-day equivalents of trolls and wood-nymphs as standard
starting-points around which to construct explanatory myths.
Of course, playing on an existing word (as in the "futon")
yields additional flavour.
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