Psyton

2 definitions found

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

  psyton /si:'ton/ n. [TMRC] The elementary particle carrying the
     sinister force. The probability of a process losing is proportional to
     the number of psytons falling on it. Psytons are generated by observers,
     which is why demos are more likely to fail when lots of people are
     watching. [This term appears to have been largely superseded by {bogon};
     see also {quantum bogodynamics}. --ESR]


  
  

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

  psyton
       
           /si:'ton/ (From {TMRC}) The elementary particle
          carrying the sinister force.  The probability of a process
          losing is proportional to the number of psytons falling on it.
          Psytons are generated by observers, which is why demos are
          more likely to fail when lots of people are watching.  This
          term appears to have been largely superseded by {bogon}; see
          also {quantum bogodynamics}.
       
          (1997-04-26)