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chunnel

In the technology sector, a chunnel refers to the large air duct that expunges approximately 1,000,000 cubic feet of supercooled air per minute (more or less) onto the area in which you are trying to work. Usually found above cubes or in data centers above the KVM switches that attach to the monitors and keyboards, thusly making the affected technician shiver so much that he mis-types commands and destroys critical data.

In a futile attempt to stave off hypothermia, Joe Mc. created a baffle out of manila folders and stapled them to the chunnel's orifice above his desk. The power of the chunnel and the air spewing forth could not be contained, however, and he is being treated for frostbite.

by BrownPanic February 19, 2008