Meaning of 15 megabytes of fame | Babel Free

Definitions

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.

humorous, plural, plural-only

Examples

“Culture is your friend who likes to draw[…]. / The web is an opportunity to make good our fifteen megabytes of fame. / The more widespread and grassroots the Internet, the more difficult it will be to dominate and control it.”

“Even when the time commitment becomes incredible—some would say insane—they argue they’re “compensated” accordingly, whether in pleasure or new knowledge or what Scholz calls their “15 megabytes of fame.””

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