What is "turboencabulator"

n. A fictional machine used to humorously point out the perils of excessive jargon in technical writing.

The turboencabulator or turbo-encabulator (and its later incarnation, the retroencabulator or retro-encabulator) is a fictional machine whose alleged existence became an in-joke and subject of professional humor among engineers. The explanation of the supposed product makes extensive use of technobabble.

The gag was popular for many years. The following quote is from the Time article. General Electric, Chrysler and Rockwell Automation use many of the same words.