bogon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

bogon bogons

Etymology

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

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