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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>dirtball</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="../D.html" title="D"/><link rel="previous" href="dinosaurs-mating.html" title="dinosaurs mating"/><link rel="next" href="dirty-power.html" title="dirty power"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">dirtball</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="dinosaurs-mating.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">D</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="dirty-power.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="dirtball"/><dt xmlns="" id="dirtball"><b>dirtball</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [XEROX PARC] A small, perhaps struggling outsider; not in the major
or even the minor leagues. For example, &#8220;<span class="quote">Xerox is not a dirtball
company</span>&#8221;.</p><p>[Outsiders often observe in the PARC culture an institutional
arrogance which usage of this term exemplifies. The brilliance and scope
of PARC's contributions to computer science have been such that this
superior attitude is not much resented. &#8212;ESR]</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="dinosaurs-mating.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../D.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="dirty-power.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">dinosaurs mating </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> dirty power</td></tr></table></div></body></html>