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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>MicroDroid</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="../M.html" title="M"/><link rel="previous" href="micro-.html" title="micro-"/><link rel="next" href="microfortnight.html" title="microfortnight"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">MicroDroid</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="micro-.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">M</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="microfortnight.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="MicroDroid"/><dt xmlns="" id="MicroDroid"><b>MicroDroid</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [Usenet] A Microsoft employee, esp. one who posts to various
operating-system advocacy newsgroups. MicroDroids post follow-ups to any
messages critical of Microsoft's operating systems, and often end up
sounding like visiting fundamentalist missionaries. See also
<a href="../A/astroturfing.html"><i class="glossterm">astroturfing</i></a>; compare
<a href="microserf.html"><i class="glossterm">microserf</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="micro-.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../M.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="microfortnight.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">micro- </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> microfortnight</td></tr></table></div></body></html>