Meaning

1 senses
  1. (humorous, plural, plural only)A modest amount of fame achieved in the world of computing, as by inclusion on a popular video or audio clip available on the Internet.

Origin

By analogy with 15 minutes of fame.

By analogy with 15 minutes of fame.

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Forms

plural: 15 megabytes of fames

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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