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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>notwork</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="../N.html" title="N"/><link rel="previous" href="not-ready-for-prime-time.html" title="not ready for prime time"/><link rel="next" href="NP-.html" title="NP-"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">notwork</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="not-ready-for-prime-time.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">N</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="NP-.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="notwork"/><dt xmlns="" id="notwork"><b>notwork</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/not´werk/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> A network, when it is acting <a href="../F/flaky.html"><i class="glossterm">flaky</i></a> or is
<a href="../D/down.html"><i class="glossterm">down</i></a>. Compare <a href="nyetwork.html"><i class="glossterm">nyetwork</i></a>.
Said at IBM to have originally referred to a particular period of flakiness
on IBM's VNET corporate network ca. 1988; but there are independent reports
of the term from elsewhere.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="not-ready-for-prime-time.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../N.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="NP-.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">not ready for prime time </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> NP-</td></tr></table></div></body></html>