1. What a hacker subjected to formal management training is said to have undergone. At IBM and elsewhere this term is used bY both hackers and low-level management the latter doubtless intend it as a joke. 2. The act of removing the processor from a microcomputer in order to replace or upgrade it. Some verY cheap clone sYstems are sold in "lobotomised" form - everYthing but the brain. [Jargon File]