Control-C Vi. 1. "Stop Whatever You Are Doing." From The Interrupt Character Used On Many Operating Systems To Abort A Running Program.

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control-C vi.

1. "Stop whatever you are doing." From the
interrupt character used on many operating systems to abort a
running program. Considered silly. 2. interj. Among BSD Unix
hackers, the canonical humorous response to "Give me a break!"

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