English

Noun

bogon ‎(plural bogons)

1. (computing, slang) The imaginary elementary particle of bogosity; the anti-particle to the cluon.
   • 1996, "John Novak", Re: TOR is **** with Us All (on newsgroup rec.arts.sf.written.robert-jordan)

     Chain book sellers are, by and large, bogon and bozon emitters like nothing you've ever seen.

2. (Internet, slang) An invalid Internet Protocol packet, particularly one sent from an address that is not in use.

Quotations

• For usage examples of this term, see Citations:bogon.

Derived terms

• bogon filter

See also

• bogosity
• cluon

Anagrams

• bongo
• boong

Venetian

Noun

bogon m (plural bogoni) or bogon m (plural boguni)

1. slug
2. snail

Synonyms

• caràgoło
• scióxo