资料来源 : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

fat electrons
     
         Old-time hacker David Cargill's theory
        on the cause of computer glitches.  Your typical electricity
        company draws its line current out of the big generators with
        a pair of coil taps located near the top of the dynamo.  When
        the normal tap brushes get dirty, they take them off line to
        clean them up, and use special auxiliary taps on the *bottom*
        of the coil.  Now, this is a problem, because when they do
        that they get not ordinary or "thin" electrons, but the fat
        sloppy electrons that are heavier and so settle to the bottom
        of the generator.  These flow down ordinary wires just fine,
        but when they have to turn a sharp corner (as in an
        integrated-circuit via), they're apt to get stuck.  This is
        what causes computer glitches.
     
        [Obviously, fat electrons must gain mass by {bogon} absorption
        - ESR]
     
        Compare {bogon}, {magic smoke}.
     
        [{Jargon File}]
     
        (1996-12-08)