DRECNET
\dɹˈɛknɪt], \dɹˈɛknɪt], \d_ɹ_ˈɛ_k_n_ɪ_t]\
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/drek'net/ [Yiddish/German "dreck", meaning filth] Deliberatedistortion of DECNET, a networking protocol used in the VMScommunity. So called because DEC helped write the Ethernetspecification and then (either stupidly or as a malignantcustomer-control tactic) violated that spec in the design ofDRECNET in a way that made it incompatible. See alsoconnector conspiracy.
By Denis Howe
