TIL "babbling idiot" is a technical term https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q797603 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q797603 > failure condition on a computer bus or n

TIL "babbling idiot" is a technical term https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q797603 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q797603 > failure condition on a computer bus or network in which a malfunctioning node sends data at inappropriate times thus interfering with the communication of the working nodes