notwork

( /not´werk/, n.)

   A   network,  when  it  is  acting  {flaky}  or  is  {down}.  Compare
   {nyetwork}.  Said  at IBM to have originally referred to a particular
   period  of  flakiness  on  IBM's VNET corporate network ca. 1988; but
   there are independent reports of the term from elsewhere.

[glossary]
[Reference(s) to this entry by made by: {nyetwork}]