gun vt.
[ITS, now rare: from the :GUN command]
To forcibly terminate a program or job (computer, not career).
"Some idiot left a background process running soaking up half the
cycles, so I gunned it." Usage: now rare. Compare can,
blammo.
[ITS, now rare: from the :GUN command]
To forcibly terminate a program or job (computer, not career).
"Some idiot left a background process running soaking up half the
cycles, so I gunned it." Usage: now rare. Compare can,
blammo.
Related:
- gun: [ITS: from the `:GUN' command] vt. To forcibly
terminate a program or job (computer,
not career). "Some idiot left a background process... - FOD /fod/ v.
[Abbreviation for `Finger of Death',
originally a spell-name from fantasy gaming] To terminate... - FOD: /fod/ v. [Abbreviation for `Finger of Death', originally a
spell-name from fantasy gaming] To terminate with extreme prejudice
and with no regard for other people.
From {MUD}s where the wizard command `FOD <player>'... - blammo v.
[Oxford Brookes University and alumni,
UK] To forcibly remove someone from any interactive... - bum
1. vt. To make highly efficient, either in time or
space,
often at the expense of clarity. "I managed to bum... - bum: 1. vt. To make highly efficient, either in time or space,
often at the expense of clarity. "I managed to bum... - cycle
1. n. The basic unit of computation. What every
hacker wants more of (noted hacker Bill Gosper described himself as
a "cycle junkie").
One can describe an instruction as taking so many... - cycle: 1. n. The basic unit of computation. What every hacker
wants more of (noted hacker Bill Gosper describes himself as a
"cycle junkie").
One can describe an instruction as taking so many... - background n.,adj.,vt.
[common] To do a task `in
background' is to do it whenever foreground matters are not
claiming your undivided attention,
and `to background' something means to relegate...
