cootie catcher n.— «Yale’s introduction to the artform, however, did come from young Japanese-American classmates with the simple construction of four-pronged fortune-tellers, or as she called them, “cootie catchers...
Beavis and Butthead lab n.— «“There was a level of sophistication here,” he said. “It’s not just a Beavis and Butthead lab.”» —“Police discover a 2-pound batch of speed “cooking” while no one was...
dashboarding v.— «Consisting of a customizable key performance indicator (KPI) portal with digital dashboarding capabilities, a set of integrated analytics, and the power of the NCR’s Teradata warehouse, the WorldMART Enterprise Edition...
God box n.— «Without having to maintain and monitor several often disparate systems, IT managers are choosing what Ranum refers to as the “God Box”—a single appliance that will do it all.» —“Enterprise Firewalls” by Sandra...
retail-tainment n.— «One thing already in the works is kicking off what she calls “retail-tainment,” explaining that the word means providing entertainment and value for customers.» —“Manager has changes in store for Wal...
greynet n.— «FaceTime categorizes IM applications as “greynets”—a term for a class of applications that enter the enterprise via the end user and exhibit evasive behavior over the network (including peer-to-peer sharing, VoIP...