Helen Keller mode n.
1. State of a hardware or software
system that is deaf, dumb, and blind, i.e., accepting no input and
generating no output, usually due to an infinite loop or some other
excursion into deep space. (Unfair to the real Helen Keller,
whose success at learning speech was triumphant.) See also go flatline,
ill-behaved application which bypasses the very interrupts the
screen saver watches for activity. Your choices are to try to get
from the program's current state through a successful save-and-exit
without being able to see what you're doing, or to re-boot the
machine. This isn't (strictly speaking) a crash.
1. State of a hardware or software
system that is deaf, dumb, and blind, i.e., accepting no input and
generating no output, usually due to an infinite loop or some other
excursion into deep space. (Unfair to the real Helen Keller,
whose success at learning speech was triumphant.) See also go flatline,
ill-behaved application which bypasses the very interrupts the
screen saver watches for activity. Your choices are to try to get
from the program's current state through a successful save-and-exit
without being able to see what you're doing, or to re-boot the
machine. This isn't (strictly speaking) a crash.
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that is deaf,
dumb, and blind, i.e., accepting no input and generating... - demo mode n.
1. [Sun] The state of being heads down
in order to finish code in time for a demo,
usually due yesterday. 2. A mode in which video... - demo mode: [Sun] n. 1. The state of being {heads down} in order
to finish code in time for a {demo},
usually due yesterday. 2. A mode in which video... - boot v.,n.
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This usage is no longer jargon (having passed into... - ill-behaved adj.
1. [numerical analysis] Said of an
algorithm or computational method that tends to blow up because of
accumulated roundoff error or poor convergence properties.
2. Software that bypasses the defined OS interfaces... - bare metal n.
1. [common] New computer hardware,
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Helen... - Keep your face to the sunshine
and you cannot see the shadow.
Helen... - ill-behaved: adj. 1. [numerical analysis] Said of an algorithm or
computational method that tends to blow up because of accumulated
roundoff error or poor convergence properties.
2. Software that bypasses the defined {OS} interfaces...
