Bastard Operator From Hell

"PFY", an acronym for "Pimply-Faced Youth", redirects here. For other uses, see PFY (disambiguation)

The Bastard Operator From Hell (BOFH) is a fictional rogue system administrator who takes out his anger on users and others who pester him with their computer problems, uses his expertise against his enemies and manipulates his employer.[1][2]

Several other people have written stories about BOFHs, but one by Simon Travaglia is considered canonical. [2] The BOFH stories were originally posted in 1992 to Usenet by Travaglia, with some being reprinted in Datamation.[3] They were published weekly from 1995 to 1999 in Network Week. Since 2000 they have been published regularly in The Register (UK).[4] Several collections of the stories have been published as books.

By extension, the term is also used to refer to any system administrator who displays the qualities of the original.[2][1]

The early accounts of the BOFH took place in a university; later the scenes were set in an office workplace. In 2000 (BOFH 2k), the BOFH and his pimply-faced youth (PFY) assistant moved to a new company.

Other characters

The following other characters appear regularly:

Books

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