dilbert

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dilbert - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  Dilbert
  
     <humour> A cartoon computer worker drawn by Scott Adams
     <scottadams@aol.com>, who works in Silicon Valley.  The
     cartoon became so popular he left his day job.  The cartoon
     satirises typical corporate life, especially that which
     revolves around computers.
  
     See also: BOFH.
  
     (http://unitedmedia.com/comics/dilbert/).
  
     (1996-10-11)
  

dilbert - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  Dilbert
  
  
     n. Name and title character of a comic strip nationally syndicated in
     the U.S. and enormously popular among hackers. Dilbert is an
     archetypical engineer-nerd who works at an anonymous high-technology
     company; the strips present a lacerating satire of insane working
     conditions and idiotic management practices all too readily
     recognized by hackers. Adams, who spent nine years in cube 4S700R
  at
     Pacific Bell (not DEC as often reported), often remarks that he has
     never been able to come up with a fictional management blunder that
     his correspondents didn't quickly either report to have actually
     happened or top with a similar but even more bizarre incident. In
  1996
     Adams distilled his insights into the collective psychology of
     businesses into an even funnier book, The Dilbert Principle
     (HarperCollins, ISBN 0-887-30787-6). See also pointy-haired, rat dance
     .