field servoid

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)

field servoid
 /fee'ld ser'voyd/, n.

   [play on `android'] Representative of a field service organization
   (see {field circus}). This has many of the implications of {droid}.

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

field servoid

   <jargon, abuse> /fee'ld ser'voyd/ A play on "android", a
   derogatory term for a representative of a field service
   organisation (see {field circus}), suggesting an unintelligent
   rule-driven approach to servicing computer hardware.

   [{Jargon File}]

   (2003-02-03)