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PEBKAC is an acronym which stands for "Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair".^[1] The phrase is used by computer experts as a humorous^[2] way to describe user errors.

In 2006, Intel began running a number of PEBKAC web-based advertisements^[3] to promote its vPro platform.

[edit] Other variations

• POBCAC ("Problem Occurs Between Computer and Chair")
• PIBKAC ("Problem Is Between Keyboard And Chair")
• PEBCAC ("Problem Exists Between Chair and Computer")
• PEBCAS ("Problem Exists Between Chair and Screen")
• PEBCAT ("Problem Exists Between Chair and Terminal")
• PEBMAC ("Problem Exists Between Monitor And Chair")
• PEBCAK ("Problem Exists Between Chair And Keyboard")
• EBKAC ("Error Between Keyboard And Chair")
• BCAK (bee kack) ("Between Chair and Keyboard" error)
• PICNIC ("Problem In Chair Not In Computer")
• IEBKAC ("Interface Error Between Keyboard and Chair")
• PEBKAM ("Problem Exists Between Keyboard and Monitor") which is where the user would appear on a system flow-chart if they were considered part of the machine as a processing component.
• IUE ("Incompetent User Error")

The automotive repairpersons' version is referring to the cause of a problem as a "loose nut between the steering wheel and the seat."

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[edit] See also

• ID10T
• Luser
• Layer 8 (the human layer of the OSI model)
• RTFM