notwork

	This is the JargonFile ^(V4.00) entry for notwork - Next: NP-, Prev: not ready for prime time
:notwork: /notwerk/ /n./ A network, when it is acting flaky or is down. Compare nyetwork. Said at IBM to have originally referred to a particular period of flakiness on IBMs VNET corporate network ca. 1988; but there are independent reports of the term from elsewhere.
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