Pebkac

3 definitions found

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  PEBKAC
       Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair (telecommunication, Usenet,
       IRC)
       
       



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

  PEBKAC /peb'kak/ [Abbrev., "Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair"]
     Used by support people, particularly at call centers and help desks. Not
     used with the public. Denotes pilot error as the cause of the crash,
     especially stupid errors that even a {luser} could figure out. Very
     derogatory. Usage: "Did you ever figure out why that guy couldn't
     print?" "Yeah, he kept cancelling the operation before it could finish.
     PEBKAC." Compare {pilot error}, {UBD}.
  
  

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

  PEBKAC
       
          {PEBCAK}