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net·ca·tion, n.

1. A period of time devoted to pleasure, rest, or relaxation away from the internet. Similar to vacation but from the daily internet life.

2. A fixed period of holidays from the internet, especially one away from major message boards, forums, chat programs, internet message relay systems and chain letters.

3. A technological stress free holiday.
"I reached my breaking point, ted. There were 12 msn conversations open, 178 chain letters unread in my inbox and the forums were being flooded with new responses to my posts by the minute, I simply needed a netcation."
Netcation by Evans Adrian August 9, 2006
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nycation 

A vacation to NYC, for people who live outside of NY state, or at the very least outside of NYC.
"Yay, 2 week nycation with my biffies!"

"Two moar dayz. Can.Not.Wait. 3 week Nycation!"

"Gonna rage so hard next week on my nycation. Dem NYC girlz get downnn"
nycation by l33tl0rd December 9, 2013
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hungarian notation 

In programming, a coding standard where all variables are tagged so you can tell their datatype by looking at the name. Microsoft likes hungarian notation, I do not. It is useful when naming GUI objects though.
nonhungarian notation:
int number;
string name;
double value;
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hungarian notation
int nNumber;
string strName;
double dValue;
hungarian notation by Dahhak October 13, 2004

Naycation 

A summer spent without a vacation. Naycations have become increasingly popular since the 2000s, due to the economic recession. Naycations are usually confused with staycations, but they are different due to with staycations one usually just does things in their own town, and during naycations you just stay inside your home.

Comes from 'nay' meaning no, and 'cation' as in va'cation', thus: Naycation.
Person 1: Hey! Where are you going this summer?
Person 2: My mom says money's tight right now, so we're just gonna have a naycation.
Person 1: Aw, man. That sucks! Me and the fam are going to Paris.
Naycation by Lee Anna Marks June 14, 2009

hungarian notation 

Refers to the programming habit of naming variables so that the variable's intended use is clear from it's name.

The original hungarian notation was first described and used by Charles Simonyi, a hungarian programmer who worked for Microsoft.
Using hungarian notation, a variable called a_crszkvc30LastNameCol would imply a constant reference function argument, holding the contents of a database column of type VARCHAR(30) called LastName that was part of the table's primary key
hungarian notation by Praetexta September 3, 2007

napcation 

A vacation that is primarily comprised of taking naps.
Staying awake at work after my napcation is quite the challenge.
napcation by squeep December 30, 2013

nerdcation 

A trip, typically to a technical conference in the field of one's employment or to a convention of a nerdy/geeky persuation, that one enjoys on an intellectual level as much as a vacation for general relaxation.
That week-long trip to the photovoltaic conference in Germany was the best nerdcation I've had in years!
nerdcation by PValentino January 26, 2016