120 reset /wuhn-twen'tee ree'set/ n.
[from 120 volts,
U.S. wall voltage] To cycle power on a machine in order to reset or
unjam it. Compare Big Red Switch, power cycle.
[from 120 volts,
U.S. wall voltage] To cycle power on a machine in order to reset or
unjam it. Compare Big Red Switch, power cycle.
Related:
- 120 reset: /wuhn-twen'tee ree'set/ [from 120 volts
U.S. wall voltage] n. To cycle power on a machine... - power cycle: vt. (also, `cycle power' or just `cycle') To
power off a machine and then power it on immediately
with the intention of clearing some kind of {hung}... - power cycle vt.
(also, `cycle power' or just `cycle')
To power off a machine and then power it on immediately
with the intention of clearing some kind of hung... - Big Red Switch: [IBM] n. The power switch on a computer
esp. the `Emergency Pull' switch on an IBM {mainframe}... - cycle
1. n. The basic unit of computation. What every
hacker wants more of (noted hacker Bill Gosper described himself as
a "cycle junkie")
One can describe an instruction as taking so many... - cycle: 1. n. The basic unit of computation. What every hacker
wants more of (noted hacker Bill Gosper describes himself as a
"cycle junkie")
One can describe an instruction as taking so many... - 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... - Big Red Switch n.
[IBM] The power switch on a computer
esp. the `Emergency Pull' switch on an IBM mainframe... - bounce v.
1. [common; perhaps by analogy to a bouncing
check] An electronic mail message that is undeliverable and returns
an error notification to the sender is said to `bounce'
See also bounce message. 2. [Stanford] To play...
