BOFH
BOFH stands for the Bastard Operator From Hell, a fictional character created by Simon Travaglia, about a rogue system administrator who takes out his anger on lusers. The BOFH's name is also given as Simon.
The BOFH stories were originally posted to Usenet by Travaglia, with some being reprinted in Datamation. They were published weekly from 1995 to 1999 in Network Week and from 2000 have been published every few weeks in The Register. Several books of the stories have also been released.
By extension, the term is also used to refer to any system administrator who displays (or wishes he could get away with) the qualities of the original. The term has become common Internet slang.
In the stories, the PFY is the BOFH's assistant; this too has become a general term for a junior or trainee system administrator.
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