molly-guard /mol'ee-gard/ n.
[University of Illinois] A
shield to prevent tripping of some Big Red Switch by clumsy or
ignorant hands. Originally used of the plexiglass covers
improvised for the BRS on an IBM 4341 after a programmer's toddler
daughter (named Molly) frobbed it twice in one day. Later
generalized to covers over stop/reset switches on disk drives and
networking equipment. In hardware catalogues, you'll see
the much less interesting description "guarded button".
[University of Illinois] A
shield to prevent tripping of some Big Red Switch by clumsy or
ignorant hands. Originally used of the plexiglass covers
improvised for the BRS on an IBM 4341 after a programmer's toddler
daughter (named Molly) frobbed it twice in one day. Later
generalized to covers over stop/reset switches on disk drives and
networking equipment. In hardware catalogues, you'll see
the much less interesting description "guarded button".
Related:
- molly-guard: /mol'ee-gard/ [University of Illinois] n.
A shield to prevent tripping of some {Big Red Switch}... - Big Red Switch: [IBM] n. The power switch on a computer,
esp. the `Emergency Pull' switch on an IBM {mainframe}... - Big Red Switch n.
[IBM] The power switch on a computer,
esp. the `Emergency Pull' switch on an IBM mainframe... - scram switch: [from the nuclear power industry] n. An
emergency-power-off switch (see {Big Red Switch}),
esp. one positioned to be easily hit by evacuating... - DWIM /dwim/
[acronym, `Do What I Mean'] 1. adj. Able
to guess,
sometimes even correctly, the result intended when... - scram switch n.
[from the nuclear power industry] An
emergency-power-off switch (see Big Red Switch),
esp. one positioned to be easily hit by evacuating... - FUD /fuhd/ n.
Defined by Gene Amdahl after he left IBM to
found his own company:
"FUD is the fear, uncertainty, and doubt that IBM... - BRS /B-R-S/ n.
Syn. Big Red Switch.
This abbreviation is fairly common on-line... - BRS: /B-R-S/ n. Syn. {Big Red Switch}. This abbreviation is
fairly common on-line.
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