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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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Dictionary Results for lobotomy:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

lobotomy
    n 1: surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the
         frontal lobe of the brain; often results in marked
         cognitive and personality changes [syn: lobotomy,
         leukotomy, leucotomy, prefrontal lobotomy,
         prefrontal leukotomy, prefrontal leucotomy, frontal
         lobotomy]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

lobotomy \lobotomy\ n. (Med., Surgery)
   The surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the
   frontal lobe of the brain, by cutting into the brain.

   Syn: prefrontal lobotomy, prefrontal leucotomy.
        [WordNet 1.5]

3. The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003)

lobotomy
 n.

    1. What a hacker subjected to formal management training is said to have
    undergone. At IBM and elsewhere this term is used by both hackers and
    low-level management; the latter doubtless intend it as a joke.

    2. The act of removing the processor from a microcomputer in order to
    replace or upgrade it. Some very cheap clone systems are sold in
    lobotomized form ? everything but the brain.

4. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018)

lobotomy

   1. What a hacker subjected to formal management training is
   said to have undergone.  At IBM and elsewhere this term is
   used by both hackers and low-level management; the latter
   doubtless intend it as a joke.

   2. The act of removing the processor from a microcomputer in
   order to replace or upgrade it.  Some very cheap clone
   systems are sold in "lobotomised" form - everything but the
   brain.

   [Jargon File]

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