What is Pebkac?

One recurring character Jimmy Fallon lived on Saturday evening was a constantly irritated office computer guru commonly called to solve desperately simple computer problems. His frustration was barely hidden behind the only word that has since become a phrase for many computer geeks in the real world: "Movement!" In the same spirit of computer geek humor, another abbreviation, Pebkac, recently gained popularity. The typical situation of Pebkac generally includes a basic user error, such as clicking on the wrong icon when saving a file or a random changes in text formatting parameters. Such problems are often solved by a simple key or restart, although the deeper question of the basic computer literacy remains.

It is assumed that the abbreviation abbreviation, or popular variant: Pebcak, first appeared in the 70s when computer technicians IBM began to chose each other in time -consuming repairs that have been asked for proknowledge. As a form of abbreviation, a standard repair report may include an informal notation of Pebkac or Pebcak so that other programmers know that the real problem was sitting between the chair and the keyboard.

However, this does not mean that all PEBKAC situations are smaller. How many beginning computer users have found out that one person can create a gordian node of computer problems through a number of unfortunate events. While the root of the problem can actually consist between chairs and a keyboard, no computer system is completely safe failure. It is at times that a good working relationship with the technical support employee can be a major working relationship.

Using the abbreviation Pebkac is generally a more safer way to vent frustration without actually offending a client or collaborator. Some may privately refer to the problem with the user's error as a ID ten t thatwill appear as ID10T when filling is fully filled. There are also apocryphal stories of frustrated computer technicians who charge a "Pita fee" to particularly difficult clients. Although this abbreviation may sound legitimate or technically, similar to Pebkac, Pita really abbreviation for pain in (back).