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404
Usage: n.
Etymology: World Wide Web
Derivation: From the HTTP error "file not found on server"


404: n.

[from the HTTP error "file not found on server"] Extended to humans to convey that the subject has no idea or no clue -- sapience not found. May be used reflexively; "Uh, I'm 404ing" means "I'm drawing a blank".

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Source: 404, in The Jargon File, version 4.4.7.


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