bogon

English

Etymology

From bogus (“fake, phony”) + -on (“suffix used to form names of elementary particles or fundamental units”)

Noun

bogon (plural bogons)

1. (slang) The imaginary elementary particle of bogosity; the anti-particle to the cluon.
2. (Internet) An invalid Internet Protocol packet, particularly one sent from an address that is not in use.

Quotations

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Derived terms

• bogon filter

See also

• bogosity
• cluon

Anagrams

• bongo
• boong

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Venetian

Noun

bogon m (plural bogoni) or bogon m (plural boguni)

1. slug
2. snail

Synonyms

• caràgoło
• scióxo