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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>lobotomy</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="../L.html" title="L"/><link rel="previous" href="liveware.html" title="liveware"/><link rel="next" href="locals--the.html" title="locals, the"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">lobotomy</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="liveware.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">L</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="locals--the.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="lobotomy"/><dt xmlns="" id="lobotomy"><b>lobotomy</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. What a hacker subjected to formal management training is said to
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have undergone. At IBM and elsewhere this term is used by both hackers and
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low-level management; the latter doubtless intend it as a joke. </p></dd><dd><p> 2. The act of removing the processor from a microcomputer in order
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to replace or upgrade it. Some very cheap <a href="../C/clone.html"><i class="glossterm">clone</i></a>
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systems are sold in <span class="firstterm">lobotomized</span> form
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