New business terms #1

Dilberted
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To be exploited and oppressed by your boss. Derived from the experiences of Dilbert, the geek-in-hell comic strip character. "I've been dilberted again. The old man revised the specs for the fourth time this week."


Link Rot
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The process by which links on a web page became as obsolete as the sites they're connected to change location or die.


Object Value
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In industrial design, a measure of consumers' immediate desire for an object, even before they know or understand what it does. "Gassee may be nuts, but at least the BeBox has great object value."


Chip Jewelry
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A euphamism for old computers destined to be scrapped or turned into decorative ornaments. "I paid three grand for that Mac SE, and now it's nothing but chip jewelry."


Crapplet
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A badly written or profoundly useless Java applet. "I just wasted 30 minutes downloading this stinkin' crapplet!"


Plug-and-Play
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A new hire who doesn't need any training. "The new guy, John, is great. He's totally plug-and-play."


World Wide Wait
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The real meaning of WWW.


CGI Joe
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A hard-core CGI script programmer with all the social skills and charisma of a plastic action figure.