BOFH
BOFH is an
acronym standing for
the Bastard Operator From Hell. This is
Internet slang, long found on
Usenet and
IRC. "BOFH" was made famous by a humorous saga, written by
Simon Travaglia, about a vindictive
system administrator who takes out his anger on lusers.
By extension, the term is also used to refer to any system administrator who displays the qualities of the original. The traditional tool of the BOFH is the Luser Attitude Readjustment Tool (LART).
The BOFH stories are currently published every few weeks in The Register. Several books of the stories have also been released.
See also: PFY.
Books
- The Bastard Operator From Hell (Plan Nine, ISBN 1-929462-17-4)
- Bastard Operator From Hell II: Son of the Bastard (Plan Nine, ISBN 1-929462-40-9)
- Bride of the Bastard Operator From Hell (Plan Nine, ISBN 1-929462-48-4)
- Dummy Mode Is Forever (Plan Nine, ISBN 1-929462-63-8)
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