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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>Itanic</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../I.html" title="I"/><link rel="previous" href="ISP.html" title="ISP"/><link rel="next" href="ITS.html" title="ITS"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Itanic</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ISP.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">I</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="ITS.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="Itanic"/><dt xmlns="" id="Itanic"><b>Itanic</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p>The Intel Itanium, so called in reference to the legendary disaster
that was the Titanic. This term bubbled up in several places on the
Internet in 1999 when it was beginning to become clear that the Itanium was
turning into the most expensive and protracted flop in the history of the
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