zxnrbl
<jargon> /sner'b*l/ Incorrect data introduced by transmission errors; any
corrupted or uninterpretable data.
The word originated in a 1978 advertisement for a Mockingboard, which "makes
frogs croak, princesses shriek, and martians zxnrbl."
"It's not misspelled on the original page. The Internet must have zxnrbled it on
the way to you."
(1997-03-16)
Nearby terms:
zw « ZX-80 « ZX-81 « zxnrbl » ZX Spectrum »
Zynet Ltd. » ZyXEL
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