pbcak

"Problem Between Chair and Keyboard"

Jim: Torrents have never worked for me.


Tom: Sounds like a pbcak problem.

by axmooseman October 23, 2008

PEBCAK

RTFMs big brother, it stands for Problem Exisists Between Chair and Keyboard. A popular term among office network engineers and IT support departments, it arose due to a need to descretly describe arrogant users (who falsly believe the system or computer is at fault) in thier presence with a suitably techinal and legitimate-sounding term.

"My document is GONE!"
"Don't worry ma'am, its just a PEBCAK. John!, We got a PEBCAK on station 4!"
"Ok, I'm on it"
"Don't worry ma'am, we'll fix it"

by Hexinet May 8, 2006

PEBCAK

What the actual issue is on 90 percent of all calls to technical support/I.T. help desks, it is an acronym meaning "Problem Exists Between Chair And Keyboard."

The use of this term became common when tech support people began to have a need to vent frustration on arrogant callers who had, in fact, themselves caused the problem, yet continued to insist it was the computer's fault, or the techie's fault.

So you would explain to the user that it was a PEBCAK error, and then walk them through how to fix it.

John (technical support person, just leaving work, holding his head in his hands)...

James (technical support person just coming on shift, passes John on his way out)

James: "Rough day today, John?"

John: "Yeah, 99 percent of my calls today were PEBCAKs...do they make Excedrin in one-pound tablets? I have a headache the size of Texas!"

by Kalisiin January 19, 2011

PEBCAK

Problem Exists Between Chair And Keyboard

my grandpa vs. an iMac

by boomer May 22, 2001

pebcak

Pebcak stands for "problem exists between chair and keyboard" thereby referring to a computer problem that is operator induced.

Between computer support techs: That problem Joe had with his computer was a pebcak problem!

by Anymouse524 January 13, 2011

pibcak

Problem is between chair and keyboard.

The problem isn't in your computer, pibcak.

by nitewanderer September 4, 2008

pabcak

acronym Problem Area Between Chair And Keyboard. Intended to reference to computer user created problems or mistakes.

I think that was a pabcak error.
You are a pabcak.

by DreamSmith June 30, 2008