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PEBCAKs

PEBCAKs is the plural of PEBCAK.

Meaning of PEBCAK

Noun

PEBCAK (plural PEBCAKs)

  1. (also, attributive, humorous) Chiefly used by technical support helpdesk staff: a problem experienced with a user's computer that is due to user error.
    • Miraculously, all of a sudden, the client's network began behaving beautifully! Before, PEBCAKs were causing a technician to need to visit their company every day, and now—after a simple deployment of basic policies—the client was ecstatic. […] Ask your IT professionals, "What percentage of your...2007, Mike Foster, “Domain Policies”, in The Secure CEO: How to Protect Your Computer Systems, Your Company, and Your Job, Wichita, Kan.: Prime Concepts Group Publishing, →ISBN, page 150
    Synonyms:
    EBKAC, PEBCAC, PEBDAC, PEBKAC, PEBKAM, PEBKAS, PEBMAC, PIBCAK, PIBKAC, PICNIC

Questions about PEBCAKs

What is PEBCAKs the plural of?
PEBCAKs is the plural of PEBCAK.

Words near PEBCAKs in the dictionary

  1. pebbling
  2. pebblings
  3. pebbly
  4. PEBCAC
  5. PEBCAK
  6. PEBCAKs
  7. Pebet
  8. pebi-
  9. pebibit
  10. pebibits
  11. pebibyte

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