8th February 2012

Network Dictionary – Automagically

Less commonly used to shorten a detailed technical description into a sound bite so that a meeting or discussion can rapidly progress. Usually assumes that the listeners have some insight or knowledge of the summarised content.
Less commonly used to shorten a detailed technical description into a sound bite so that a meeting or discussion can rapidly progress. Usually assumes that the listeners have some insight or knowledge of the summarised content.

More commonly, automagically is a catch-all term used by engineers when explaining stuff to dumb people. As in, “so when you start the OSPF process it will automagically determine it router-id

Arthur C Clarke once stated three laws of prediction and law 3 is ìAny sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magicî.

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