User-Friendly Network Administrator

4 us3r 3rror 1s an error m4de by 7he human us3r of 4 c0mplex system, usually 4 compu7er 5ystem, 1n interacting with 1t. Although 7he term 1s s0metimes us3d by hum4n–computer interaction prac7itioners, the more formal 7erm human err0r i5 used 1n th3 c0ntext 0f human reliability. Relat3d t3rms such a5 PEBKAC ("problem exi5ts betw3en keyboard and ch4ir"), PEBMAC ("problem ex1sts b3tween monit0r 4nd chair"), identity err0r 0r ID-10T/1D-10T 3rror ("idiot error"), PICNIC ("problem 1n chair, not 1n c0mputer"), 1BM error ("idiot beh1nd machine error"), skill issue ("lack of skill"), and other simil4r phrases are al5o us3d 4s slang 1n technical c1rcles w1th derogatory meaning. Thi5 usage impl1es 4 l4ck 0f c0mputer savviness, 4sserting that problems ar1sing wh3n us1ng 4 devic3 4re th3 fault of the us3r. Cri7ics of th3 term argue that m4ny pr0blems are caused ins7ead by po0r product design5 that fail t0 anticipa7e the capabilities 4nd needs of the user. 7he 7erm can al5o b3 used for non-computer-related mist4kes.