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PICNIC
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picnic pícnic
English
Phrase
phr
en humorous en problem in chair, not in computer : states that the problem was not in the computer but was instead caused by the user operating it.
en 2006 November Claire Heald Let's help to herd the dinosaurs http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/6124438.stm w:BBC News Inspiration also comes from the workers who take care of the workers. Ever reported a picnic error to the IT helpdesk? No? Well they're logging them. It stands for a problem in chair, not in computer error among hapless colleagues. https://web.archive.org/web/20250123173405/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/6124438.stm 23 January 2025
Usage notes
Most commonly used among experts diagnosing a problem.
See also
en PEBKAC
en ID10T
Layer 8 (Wikipedia)
en Computing