Derisive name for the apocryphal Hollywood user interface to computers, often found in whiz-bang, thank you ma'am movies such as Hackers.
Virtual Reality gone horrifically, and often comically wrong.
Update: This idea, which originated deep in the bowels of CSH, is currently (as of 30 Jan 2001) being used as the basis of Illiad's (of User Friendly fame) MovieOS storyline... check it out, beginning here: http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20010111