(XEROX PARC) A small, perhaps struggling outsidernot in the major or even the minor leagues.For example, "Xerox is not a dirtball company".Outsiders often observe in the PARC culture an institutional arrogance which usage of this term exemplifies.The brilliance and scope of PARC' s contributions to computer science have been such that this superior attitude is not much resented.- ESR[Jargon File](1994-12-07)