/not'werk/ A network, when it is acting flaky or is down . Compare nyetwork . Said at IBM to have originally referred to a particular period of flakiness on IBM's VNET corporate network ca. 1988; but there are independent reports of the term from elsewhere.
NOTWORK
Meaning of NOTWORK in English
FOLDOC computer English dictionary. Английский словарь по компьютерам FOLDOC. 2012