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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>psyton</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="../P.html" title="P"/><link rel="previous" href="psychedelicware.html" title="psychedelicware"/><link rel="next" href="pubic-directory.html" title="pubic directory"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">psyton</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="psychedelicware.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">P</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="pubic-directory.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="psyton"/><dt xmlns="" id="psyton"><b>psyton</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/si:´ton/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [TMRC] The elementary particle carrying the sinister force. The
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probability of a process losing is proportional to the number of psytons
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falling on it. Psytons are generated by observers, which is why demos are
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more likely to fail when lots of people are watching. [This term appears
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to have been largely superseded by <a href="../B/bogon.html"><i class="glossterm">bogon</i></a>; see also
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