blow out vi.
[prob. from mining and tunneling jargon] Of
software, to fail spectacularly; almost as serious as crash and burn. See
[prob. from mining and tunneling jargon] Of
software, to fail spectacularly; almost as serious as crash and burn. See
Related:
- blow out: [prob. from mining and tunneling jargon] vi.
Of software, to fail spectacularly; almost as serious... - smoke vi.
1. To crash or blow up, usually
spectacularly.
"The new version smoked, just like the last one." ... - smoke: vi. 1. To {crash} or blow up, usually spectacularly.
"The new version smoked, just like the last one... - 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... - 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... - die horribly v.
The software equivalent of crash and burn,
and the preferred emphatic form... - fall over vi.
[IBM] Yet another synonym for crash or
lose.
`Fall over hard' equates to crash and burn... - go flatline: [from cyberpunk SF, refers to flattening of EEG
traces upon brain-death] vi.
also adjectival `flatlined'. 1. To {die}, terminate... - well-behaved adj.
1. [primarily MS-DOS] Said of
software conforming to system interface guidelines and standards.
Well-behaved software uses the operating system to...
