person of no account

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)

person of no account
 n.

   [University of California at Santa Cruz] Used when referring to a
   person with no {network address}, frequently to forestall confusion.
   Most often as part of an introduction: "This is Bill, a person of no
   account, but he used to be [email protected]". Compare {return from the
   dead}.

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

person of no account

   (University of California at Santa Cruz) Used when referring
   to a person with no {network address}, frequently to forestall
   confusion.  Most often as part of an introduction: "This is
   Bill, a person of no account, but he used to be
   [email protected]".

   Compare {return from the dead}.

   [{Jargon File}]

   (1994-11-22)

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