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info slave noun. A person in company's computer department that supports one or more other departments (such as Customer Service or Marketing) by keeping their software running.

Example Citation:
"I'm sorry that we've billed you eight times in a row for the same service. It's obviously a problem with our billing software. I'll get our info slave on it immediately, and I assure you that he won't leave tonight until he fixes the problem."

Notes:
Today's Daily Word was brought to you by Ken Prouty.

Related Words:
compcierge
technology butler

Subject Categories:
Computers - General
Sociology - People

Posted on June 3, 1997 at 8:38 AM


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