On Friday, May 2, 2003, TeoZ wrote:
> > I loved the back page of PC/C. As my special homage to it, at every job
> > I've had, I have introduced the term 'Thurman unit' into the corporate
> > vocabulary. Anybody else here remember what a Thurman unit is?
>
> No idea, does it have somthing to do with Uma Thurman which he mentions
> alot about in those articles?
The Thurman unit is the usually imaginary computer part that is faulty when
you can't or don't want to diagnose a problem correctly. The term is also a
useful tool for pacifying customers if your tech job has any support
component to it. Compare to car mechanics telling you you're low on
'blinker fluid'.
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Jeffrey Sharp
Received on Mon May 05 2003 - 09:16:01 BST