Moby

What Does Moby Mean?

The term “moby” in IT can mean several different things.
It is used to describe monolithic systems, impressive advancements or even
above-average hacking skills. The common thread is that the term “moby,” mostly
derived from Herman Melville’s novel “Moby Dick,” is used to indicate something
that is extremely big or important.

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Techopedia Explains Moby

One example of the use of “moby” is in describing a big
hacking effort or a technology that is bigger and more impressive than its
predecessors. Somebody might speak of a world-class security hack as a “moby” or
talk about a big new computer as a “moby board.” In choosing devices or
hardware, someone might say “give me a moby” to indicate they want the biggest
one available. When a larger unit of memory storage becomes available, for
example, when hardware storage moves from gigabytes to terabytes, the terabyte-level
storage device or technology might be seen as a moby, because it is so much
bigger than what was available before.

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Margaret Rouse is an award-winning technical writer and teacher known for her ability to explain complex technical subjects to a non-technical, business audience. Over the past twenty years her explanations have appeared on TechTarget websites and she's been cited as an authority in articles by the New York Times, Time Magazine, USA Today, ZDNet, PC Magazine and Discovery Magazine.Margaret's idea of a fun day is helping IT and business professionals learn to speak each other’s highly specialized languages. If you have a suggestion for a new definition or how to improve a technical explanation, please email Margaret or contact her…