forked adj.
[Unix; prob. influenced by a mainstream
expletive] Terminally slow, or dead. Originated when one system
was slowed to a snail's pace by an inadvertent fork bomb.
[Unix; prob. influenced by a mainstream
expletive] Terminally slow, or dead. Originated when one system
was slowed to a snail's pace by an inadvertent fork bomb.
Related:
- forked: [UNIX; prob. influenced by a mainstream expletive] adj.
Terminally slow, or dead. Originated when one system... - fork bomb n.
[Unix] A particular species of wabbit
that can be written in one line of C (main()
{for(;
)fork();}) or shell ($0 & $0 &) on any Unix... - fork bomb: [UNIX] n. A particular species of {wabbit} that can
be written in one line of C (`main() {for(;
)fork();}') or shell (`$0 & $0 &') on any UNIX system... - fscking /fus'-king/ or /eff'-seek-ing/ adj.
[Usenet;
common] Fucking, in the expletive sense (it refers... - You can have my Unix system when you pry it from my cold,
dead fingers. -- Cal... - wank /wangk/ n.,v.,adj.
[Columbia University: prob.
by mutation from Commonwealth slang v. `wank', to... - h: [from SF fandom] infix. A method of `marking' common words,
i.e., calling attention to the fact that they are being... - Why be influenced by a person when you already are one?
Martin... - Devil Book: n. "The Design and Implementation of the 4.3BSD
UNIX Operating System",
by Samuel J. Leffler, Marshall Kirk McKusick, Michael...
From the same category:
- V7 /V'sev'en/ n.
See Version 7... - h
[from SF fandom] A method of `marking' common words,
i.e., calling attention to the fact that they are being... - meta bit n.
The top bit of an 8-bit character, which is
on in character values 128-255.
Also called high bit, alt bit, or (rarely) hobbit... - Lubarsky's Law of Cybernetic Entomology prov.
"There is always one more bug... - Sun n.
Sun Microsystems. Hackers remember that the name
was originally an acronym,
Stanford University Network. Sun started out around...
