404

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From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  404 // n. [from the HTTP error "file not found on server"] Extended to
     humans to convey that the subject has no idea or no clue - sapience not
     found. May be used reflexively; "Uh, I'm 404ing" means "I'm drawing a
     blank".
  
  



From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  404
       
           Someone who's clueless.  From the {World-Wide Web}
          message "404, URL Not Found" meaning that the document you've
          tried to access can't be located.
       
          "Don't bother asking him...he's 404, man".
       
          404 is one of the standard response codes of the {telnet}
          {protocol} on which the web's {HTTP} is based.
       
          The first 4 indicates a client error such as a mistyped URL.
          The middle 0 refers to a general syntax error.  The last 4
          just indicates the specific error in the group of 40x, which
          also includes 400: Bad Request, 401: Unauthorized, etc.
       
          (2000-03-18)