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=== PEBKAC/PEBCAK/PICNIC/PIE ===

Phrases used by the tech savvy to mean that a problem is caused entirely by the fault of the user include PEBKAC<ref name="catb_pebkac">{{cite web | url= http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/P/PEBKAC.html| title = The Jargon File, version 4.4.7 | agency= maintained by Eric S. Raymond | publisher= catb | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130204161015/http://catb.org/jargon/html/P/PEBKAC.html | archive-date = 4 February 2013 | url-status= live}}</ref> (an [[acronym]] for "problem exists between keyboard and chair"), PEBCAK<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-06-17|title=PEBCAK|url=https://techelper.io/pebcak/|access-date=2020-07-07|website=TecHelper|language=en-US|archive-date=7 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200707184805/https://techelper.io/pebcak/|url-status=live}}</ref> (an alternative, but similar, acronym for "problem exists between chair and keyboard"), [[List of U.S. government and military acronyms#P|POBCAK]] (a US government/military acronym for "problem occurs between chair and keyboard"), PICNIC<ref name="bbc_6124438">{{cite web |last= Heald |first= Claire |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/6124438.stm |title= Let's help to herd the dinosaurs |website= BBC News |date= 7 November 2006 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110516002425/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/6124438.stm| archive-date = 16 May 2011|url-status= live}}</ref> ("problem in chair not in computer") and EBKAC ("Error between keyboard and chair"). Tech-savvy people who like medical terms also sometimes use "PIE" ("problem in encephalon"), which means "problem in the user’s brain". Another variant is PEBUAK (Problem Exists Between User and Keyboard).

In 2006, [[Intel]] began running a number of ''PEBCAK'' web-based advertisements<ref name="adjab_intel">{{cite web|url= http://www.adjab.com/2006/10/26/pebcak-ads/|title= vPro "Go Pro" advertisements|publisher= Intel|agency= AdJab|date= 26 October 2006|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091108155142/http://www.adjab.com/2006/10/26/pebcak-ads|archive-date= 8 November 2009|url-status= dead|access-date= 4 September 2009}}</ref><!-- The adjab.com link says PEBCAK, but the actual Intel ads said PEBKAC. --> to promote its [[Intel vPro|vPro]] platform.