labrat

labrat
A system administrator, webmaster or programmer who virtually lives in a corporate computer laboratory. Distinguishable from average humans by one or more of the following traits: ghastly pallor (see screentan), dependence on caffeine-rich beverages and snack foods, inability to remember the names of close family members, intolerance for AOL users and a curiously extensive knowledge of government security agencies and firewall software.
Etymology: probably derived from ancient Geek

Trying to supervise labrats is like trying to herd cats.


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  • labrat — A system administrator, webmaster or programmer who virtually lives in a corporate computer laboratory. Distinguishable from average humans by one or more of the following traits: ghastly pallor (see screentan), dependence on caffeine rich… …   Dictionary of american slang

  • Dounash ben Labraṭ — Dounash ben Labrat  Ne doit pas être confondu avec Dounash ibn Tamim …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Dounash ibn Labrat — Dounash ben Labrat  Ne doit pas être confondu avec Dounash ibn Tamim …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Dunash ben Labrat — Dounash ben Labrat  Ne doit pas être confondu avec Dounash ibn Tamim …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Dounash ben Labrat —  Ne doit pas être confondu avec Dounash ibn Tamim …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Dunasch ben Labrat — (hebr. דוּ‏נָש בֵּן לָבְרָט) bzw. mit seinem hebräischen Namen Adonim ha Levi (אדונים הלוי) (* 920 in Fès; † 990 in Córdoba) war ein jüdischer Kommentator, Dichter und Grammatiker während des Goldenen Zeitalters des Judentums in Spanien.… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Dunash ben Labrat — Dunash ha Levi ben Labrat (920 990) (Hebrew: דוֹנָש הלוי בֵּן לָבְרָט‎; Arabic: دناش بن لبراط‎) was a medieval Jewish commentator, poet, and grammarian of the Golden age of Jewish culture in Spain. He was, according to Moses ibn Ezra, born in Fes …   Wikipedia

  • Dunash ben Labrat — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Dunash ben Labrat, דוֹנָש בֵּן לָבְרָט en hebreo y دناش بن لبراطen árabe (posiblemente en Fez (actual Marruecos, c. 920 990) fue un poeta, escoliasta y gramático judío de Al Ándalus. Destacó sobre todo en el cultivo… …   Wikipedia Español

  • DUNASH BEN LABRAT — (mid tenth century), Hebrew poet, linguist, and exegete. Most medieval scholars believed that he and Adonim ha Levi were the same person. Moses Ibn Ezra described him as a Baghdadi by origin and a man of Fez by education. He could have been born… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Dunash Ben Labrat — ▪ Hebrew poet Labrat also spelled  Librat,  also called  Al abrad, or Adonina Ha levi  born c. 920, , Fès, Mor.? died c. 990, , Córdoba?       Hebrew poet, grammarian, and polemicist who was the first to use Arabic metres in his verse, thus… …   Universalium

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