What is “FUD”?
Many identify the acronym as “fear, uncertainty and doubt.” But in the computer world, FUD also stands for “fully undetectable” and points to a type of incognito software that can go undetected by anti-virus scans.
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In episode 2 of AMC’s Halt and Catch Fire, we encounter both versions of FUD — in a symbolic way, at least.
Despite the tension leading up to the IBM legal team interrogation, Cameron, Gordon, Bosworth and Joe all stick to Joe’s “script” and openly lie to the IBM suits about their actions when it comes to reverse-engineering the IBM Personal Computer. Joe, cockier than ever, tells Dale, an IBM employee with whom he shares history, that at the end of the day the powerhouse company “has nothing” on Cardiff. Read more...
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