Dumbest possible user

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Award for the DAU

The term dumbest to be assumed user (from English user , DAU for short ) is an expression for computer users without basic knowledge and expertise, who make gross mistakes in thinking and using computers and their accessories. The term plays a role especially in the creation of user-friendly hardware and software ( usability ): Programs that can be brought to a crash by a “stupidest” user are badly written ( exception handling failed).

origin

The term arose based on the word GAU (largest assumed accident) and was then adopted, among other things, in the field of project management in information technology . If, for example, a program is assigned the property of being DAU-compatible , this means that the program can be used by future users even without background knowledge and can be used intuitively by them (keywords usability test and user friendliness ) and that possible operating errors are also planned .

Synonyms

For the term, which is often taken as an insult, there are other more or less equivalent terms. Examples for this are:

BDU
B rain D ead U ser
German: brain dead user
EIFOK ( acronym )
e rror i n f ront o f k eyboard
German: Error is in front of the keyboard
ERROR-40
Error 40 (the error sits 40 cm in front of the monitor)
FSVG
F ault s itzt v orm G et up instrument
ID10T
Spelling of " idiot ", where the "1" represents an "i" and the "0" represents an "O". (see Leetspeak )
Luser
The Luser is a common expression in the English-speaking world, which is made up of the words loser and user. It was created around 1975 at MIT . Before logging in, the computer system there showed a status message that included the number of logged-in users, for example “10 users”. One of the users edited the system to show “losers” instead of “users”. This made some users feel offended. In the period that followed, the displayed text constantly switched between the two terms until someone entered “lusers” as a compromise. It stayed that way. It is also stated that the expression originated from local user , but this is possibly a backronym .
OSI layer 8 or error in layer 8
The OSI model has 7 layers, with layer 7 being the application layer closest to the user . "Layer 8", which is not specifically described in the model, is therefore the user himself.
PEBKAC (acronym)
p roblem e xists b etween k eyboard a nd c hair
German: Problem is between keyboard and chair
PICNIC (acronym)
p roblem i n c hair n ot i n c omputer
German: Problem is in the chair, not in the computer

See also

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Martin Haase, Michael Huber, Alexander Krumeich, Georg Rehm: Internet communication and language change . In: Rüdiger Weingarten (Ed.): Language change through computers . Westdeutscher Verlag, Opladen 1997, ISBN 3-531-12940-6 , pp. 51–85 ( online (p. 17) ; PDF; 356 kB)
  2. ↑ a b c Markus Otto Köbnik, Bayerischer Rundfunk: Netzlexikon: D as in DAU | BR.de . March 10, 2015 ( br.de [accessed on May 23, 2017]).
  3. ↑ a b c d Cartoons about office life: Schlümm-Schlümm, these colleagues. In: SPIEGEL ONLINE, Hamburg Germany. May 12, 2014, accessed May 23, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Jargon File: http://catb.org/jargon/html/L/luser.html . As of February 10, 2009.
  5. ↑ Guy L. Steele, Eric S. Raymond The New Hacker's Dictionary , 1996, MIT Press, ISBN 0-262-68092-0