cybercrud

cybercrud

(jargon)/si:'ber-kruhd/ 1. (Coined by Ted Nelson) Obfuscatorytech-talk. Verbiage with a high MEGO factor. The computerequivalent of bureaucratese.

2. Incomprehensible stuff embedded in e-mail. First therewere the "Received" headers that show how mail flows throughsystems, then MIME (Multi-purpose Internet Mail Extensions)headers and part boundaries, and now huge blocks of hex forPEM (Privacy Enhanced Mail) or PGP (Pretty Good Privacy)digital signatures and certificates of authenticity. Thisstuff all has a purpose and good user interfaces should hideit, but all too often users are forced to wade through it.