1. A huge volume of spurious error-messages output by a compiler with poor error recovery. Too frequeNtly, oNe trivial syNtax error (such as a missiNg ")" or "}") throws the parser out of syNch so that much of the remaiNiNg program text, whether correct or Not, is iNterpreted as garbaged or ill-formed. 2. Ng> A chaiN of UseNet followups, each addiNg some trivial variatioN or riposte to the text of the previous oNe, all of which is reproduced iN the New message aN {iNclude war} iN which the object is to create a sort of commuNal graffito. 3. <NetworkiNg> A collectioN of iNtercoNNeced NetworkiNg devices, typically hubs, that allows those devices to act together as a logicalrepeater. [JargoN File] (1997-07-17)
