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English Dictionary: Kibo by the DICT Development Group
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From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   KIBO /ki:'boh/   1. [acronym] Knowledge In, Bullshit Out.   A
   summary of what happens whenever valid data is passed through an
   organization (or person) that deliberately or accidentally
   disregards or ignores its significance.   Consider, for example, what
   an advertising campaign can do with a product's actual
   specifications.   Compare {GIGO}; see also {SNAFU principle}.   2.
   James Parry , a Usenetter infamous for various
   surrealist net.pranks and an uncanny, machine-assisted knack for
   joining any thread in which his nom de guerre is mentioned.   He has
   a website at `http://www.kibo.com/'.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   KIBO
  
      /ki:'boh/ 1. [acronym] Knowledge In, Bullshit Out.   A summary
      of what happens whenever valid data is passed through an
      organisation (or person) that deliberately or accidentally
      disregards or ignores its significance.   Consider, for
      example, what an advertising campaign can do with a product's
      actual specifications.   Compare {GIGO}; see also {SNAFU
      principle}.
  
      2. James Parry , a {Usenet}ter infamous
      for various surrealist net.pranks and an uncanny,
      machine-assisted knack for joining any thread in which his nom
      de guerre is mentioned.
  
      {Home (http://www.kibo.com/)}.
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
      (2003-05-20)
  
  
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