smoke vi.
1. To crash or blow up, usually
spectacularly. "The new version smoked, just like the last one."
Used for both hardware (where it often describes an actual physical
event), and software (where it's merely colorful). 2. [from
automotive slang] To be conspicuously fast. "That processor
really smokes." Compare magic smoke.
1. To crash or blow up, usually
spectacularly. "The new version smoked, just like the last one."
Used for both hardware (where it often describes an actual physical
event), and software (where it's merely colorful). 2. [from
automotive slang] To be conspicuously fast. "That processor
really smokes." Compare magic smoke.
Related:
- smoke: vi. 1. To {crash} or blow up, usually spectacularly.
"The new version smoked, just like the last one... - fry
1. vi. To fail. Said especially of smoke-producing
hardware failures.
More generally, to become non-working. Usage: never... - fry: 1. vi. To fail. Said especially of smoke-producing hardware
failures.
More generally, to become non-working. Usage: never... - crash
1. n. A sudden, usually drastic failure. Most often
said of the system (q.v.
sense 1), esp. of magnetic disk drives (the term... - blow out: [prob. from mining and tunneling jargon] vi.
Of software, to fail spectacularly; almost as serious... - smoke test n.
1. A rudimentary form of testing applied to
electronic equipment following repair or reconfiguration,
in which power is applied and the tester checks... - smoke test: n. 1. A rudimentary form of testing applied to
electronic equipment following repair or reconfiguration,
in which power is applied and the tester checks... - blow out vi.
[prob. from mining and tunneling jargon] Of
software,
to fail spectacularly; almost as serious as crash and... - hog n.,vt.
1. Favored term to describe programs or
hardware that seem to eat far more than their share of a system's
resources,
esp. those which noticeably degrade interactive ...
From the same category:
- drum adj, n.
Ancient techspeak term referring to slow,
cylindrical magnetic media that were once state-of... - zap
1. n. Spiciness. 2. vt. To make food spicy.
3. vt. To make someone `suffer' by making his food... - S/N ratio // n.
(also `s/n ratio', `s:n ratio').
Syn. signal-to-noise ratio. Often abbreviated `SNR'... - flypage /fli:'payj/ n.
(alt. `fly page') A banner,
sense 1... - stroke n.
Common name for the slant (`/', ASCII 0101111)
character.
See ASCII for other synonyms...
