<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" standalone="no"?> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>ID10T error</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="ice.html" title="ice"/><link rel="next" href="idempotent.html" title="idempotent"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">ID10T error</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ice.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">I</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="idempotent.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="idiot"/><dt xmlns="" id="idiot"><b>ID10T error</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/I·D·ten·T er'@r/</span></dt></dt><dd><p> Synonym for <a href="../P/PEBKAC.html"><i class="glossterm">PEBKAC</i></a>, e.g. “<span class="quote">The user is being an idiot</span>”. Tech-support people passing a problem report to someone higher up the food chain (and presumably better equipped to deal with idiots) may ask the user to convey that there seems to be an I-D-ten-T error. Users never twig.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ice.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../I.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="idempotent.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">ice </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> idempotent</td></tr></table></div></body></html>