psyton

2 definitions found

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

  psyton
  
     <humour> /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     term appears to have been largely superseded by bogon; see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)
  

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

  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     [This term appears to have been largely superseded by bogon; see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]