bogon
/boh' gon/ [by analogy w ITh proton/electron/neutron, but doubtless reinforced after 1980 by the similar ITy to Douglas Adams' s "Vogons"] 1. The elementary particle of bogos ITy (see quantum bogodynamics). For instance, "the Ethernet is em ITting 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 b IT set instead of the query b IT. 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, w ITh all their dign ITy 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 add ITional flavour. [ Jargon File] In addITion suITable contents: [ 2 ] [ = ] [ ad ] [ af ] [ ag ] [ ai ] [ al ] [ am ] [ an ] [ analog ] [ ar ] [ arc ] [ arg ] [ arITy ] [ as ] [ ash ] [ at ] [ av ] [ b ] [ be ] [ bi ] [ bIT ] [ bo ] [ bogosITy ] [ br ] [ broken ] [ bt ] [ bv ] [ by ] [ C ] [ ca ] [ case ] [ ch ] [ ci ] [ ck ] [ cl ] [ co ] [ com ] [ con ] [ cons ] [ CP ] [ cu ] [ D ] [ dd ] [ de ] [ ding ] [ do ] [ domain ] [ du ] [ E ] [ ec ] [ ed ] [ ee ] [ electron ] [ element ] [ er ] [ era ] [ es ] [ et ] [ Ethernet ] [ fas ] [ fat electrons ] [ fi ] [ file ] [ flavour ] [ fo ] [ for ] [ fr ] [ ga ] [ ge ] [ gen ] [ gh ] [ gi ] [ gl ] [ gn ] [ gs ] [ gu ] [ gy ] [ h ] [ hat ] [ hing ] [ hole ] [ hr ] [ hs ] [ ht ] [ id ] [ ie ] [ il ] [ in ] [ inc ] [ instance ] [ int ] [ io ] [ IP ] [ ir ] [ is ] [ IT ] [ J ] [ Jargon File ] [ jo ] [ ke ] [ ken ] [ la ] [ ld ] [ Lex ] [ li ] [ ls ] [ lu ] [ lv ] [ ly ] [ ma ] [ magic ] [ magic smoke ] [ man ] [ meta ] [ mil ] [ mn ] [ mo ] [ mod ] [ mode ] [ module ] [ mp ] [ ms ] [ mu ] [ my ] [ na ] [ nc ] [ ne ] [ net ] [ network ] [ nf ] [ ng ] [ ni ] [ no ] [ ns ] [ nym ] [ O ] [ om ] [ pa ] [ packet ] [ parent ] [ pe ] [ ph ] [ pl ] [ ply ] [ point ] [ pr ] [ psyton ] [ quantum ] [ quantum bogodynamics ] [ query ] [ random ] [ randomness ] [ rc ] [ re ] [ reply ] [ resolver ] [ ro ] [ root ] [ ru ] [ rw ] [ S ] [ sa ] [ say ] [ se ] [ serve ] [ server ] [ set ] [ sh ] [ si ] [ sIT ] [ sl ] [ sm ] [ smoke ] [ so ] [ st ] [ standard ] [ struct ] [ su ] [ sy ] [ T ] [ tar ] [ TCP ] [ TCP/IP ] [ th ] [ to ] [ tr ] [ troll ] [ tron ] [ tt ] [ tw ] [ type ] [ ua ] [ ug ] [ um ] [ us ] [ V ] [ va ] [ ve ] [ vi ] [ word ] [ yt ]
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