KIBO

Acronym for Knowledge In, Bullshit Out. A summary of what happens whenever valid data is passed through an organisation that deliberately or accidentally disregards or ignores its significance. Consider, for example, what an advertising campaign can do with a product's actual specifications. Compare GIGO; see also SNAFU principle.

Kibo is also the username? and e-mail address of [James Parry] <kibo@world.std.com>, a Usenetter infamous for various surrealist net pranks, an absurdly long .signature, and an uncanny, machine-assisted knack for joining any thread in which his nom de guerre was mentioned. See kiboze

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