broken arrow n.
[IBM] The error code displayed on line 25
of a 3270 terminal (or a PC emulating a 3270) for various kinds of
protocol violations and "unexpected" error conditions (including
connection to a down computer). On a PC, simulated with
`->/_', with the two center characters overstruck.
Note: to appreciate this term fully, it helps to know that `broken
arrow' is also military jargon for an accident involving nuclear
weapons....
[IBM] The error code displayed on line 25
of a 3270 terminal (or a PC emulating a 3270) for various kinds of
protocol violations and "unexpected" error conditions (including
connection to a down computer). On a PC, simulated with
`->/_', with the two center characters overstruck.
Note: to appreciate this term fully, it helps to know that `broken
arrow' is also military jargon for an accident involving nuclear
weapons....
Related:
- broken arrow: [IBM] n. The error code displayed on line 25 of a
3270 terminal (or a PC emulating a 3270) for various kinds of
protocol violations and "unexpected" error conditions (including
connection to a {down} computer).
On a PC, simulated with `->/_', with the two center... - ANSI /an'see/
1. n. [techspeak] The American National
Standards Institute.
ANSI, along with the International Organization ... - 0
Numeric zero, as opposed to the letter `O' (the 15th
letter of the English alphabet).
In their unmodified forms they look a lot alike... - phase of the moon n.
Used humorously as a random parameter
on which something is said to depend.
Sometimes implies unreliability of whatever is dependent... - TechRef /tek'ref/ n.
[MS-DOS] The original "IBM PC
Technical Reference Manual",
including the BIOS listing and complete schematics... - bug n.
An unwanted and unintended property of a program or
piece of hardware,
esp. one that causes it to malfunction. Antonym... - At the source of every error which is blamed on the computer you will
find at least two human errors,
including the error of blaming it on the computer...
From the same category:
- gray goo n.
A hypothetical substance composed of
sagans of sub-micron-sized self-replicating robots programmed
to make copies of themselves out of whatever is available.
The image that... - Right Thing n.
That which is compellingly the
correct or appropriate thing to use,
do, say, etc. Often capitalized, always emphasized... - microserf /mi:'kro-s*rf/
[popularized, though not
originated,
by Douglas Copeland's book "Microserfs"] A programmer... - crock n.
[from the American scatologism `crock of
shit'] 1.
An awkward feature or programming technique that ought... - MicroDroid n.
[Usenet] A Microsoft employee, esp.
one who posts to various operating-system advocacy...
