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A fictional machine used to humorously point out the perils of excessive jargon in technical writing.
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Turboencabulator — The Turboencabulator or turbo encabulator is a fictional machine whose alleged existence became an in joke and subject of professional humor among electrical engineers. History of the Turboencabulator In 1946 one of the earliest references to the … Wikipedia
Technobabble — (a portmanteau of technology and babble ) is a form of prose using jargon, buzzwords and highly esoteric language to give an impression of plausibility through mystification, misdirection, and obfuscation. This is not to be confused with jargon… … Wikipedia
