English Explanatory Dictionary

wheel war

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A conflict in which users of a given computer system or (later) wiki who have administrative privileges try to lock each other out of the system or repeatedly attempt to reverse each other’s administrative actions.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-wheel war.wav

Word forms

wheel war wheel wars

Etymology

From wheel (“superuser on certain systems”) + war.

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