Usually means: Disorganized, tangled mess of wires.
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  1. rat's nest: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  2. rat's nest: Wiktionary
  3. rat's nest, rats nest: Dictionary.com
  4. rat's nest: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. rat's nest, rats nest: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (rat's nest)

noun:  (idiomatic) Something that is excessively complicated, entangled, or disorderly (either physically or metaphorically).
noun:  (idiomatic, computing, often hyphenated when used attributively) A software or hardware system whose design lacks organized structure, making it difficult to understand and maintain.


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