"bogon" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bogons [plural]
Etymology: From bogus (“fake, phony”) + -on (“suffix used to form names of elementary particles or fundamental units”). Etymology templates: {{m|en|bogus||fake, phony}} bogus (“fake, phony”), {{m|en|-on||suffix used to form names of elementary particles or fundamental units}} -on (“suffix used to form names of elementary particles or fundamental units”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} bogon (plural bogons)
  1. (computing, slang) The imaginary elementary particle of bogosity; the anti-particle to the cluon. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-bogon-en-noun-YjiuZ-v2 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  2. (networking, slang) An invalid Internet Protocol packet, particularly one sent from an address that is not in use. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Networking
    Sense id: en-bogon-en-noun-cg3oPEoT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 66 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, networking, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bogon filter Related terms: bogosity, cluon

Inflected forms

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