I.D. 10-T

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What Does I.D. 10-T Mean?

I.D. 10-T or ID10T is an alphanumeric indicator for the word "idiot." Depending on how this text element is set up, it can be more or less obvious that the numbers and letters are supposed to stand for something visually.

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Techopedia Explains I.D. 10-T

This slang term is used by technical support staff in IT departments to refer to an error caused by the user, rather than an actual problem with the equipment. For example, "the caller on line 1 has an I.D. 10-T error." The term is used to avoid being blatantly offensive.

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Margaret Rouse
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Margaret is an award-winning writer and educator known for her ability to explain complex technical topics to a non-technical business audience. Over the past twenty years, her IT definitions have been published by Que in an encyclopedia of technology terms and cited in articles in the New York Times, Time Magazine, USA Today, ZDNet, PC Magazine, and Discovery Magazine. She joined Techopedia in 2011. Margaret’s idea of ​​a fun day is to help IT and business professionals to learn to speak each other’s highly specialized languages.