die horribly v.
The software equivalent of crash and burn, and the preferred emphatic form of
The software equivalent of crash and burn, and the preferred emphatic form of
Related:
- die horribly: v. The software equivalent of {crash and burn},
and the preferred emphatic form of {die}. "The converter... - blow out: [prob. from mining and tunneling jargon] vi.
Of software, to fail spectacularly; almost as serious... - crash and burn vi.,n.
A spectacular crash, in the mode of
the conclusion of the car-chase scene in the movie "Bullitt"
and many subsequent imitators (compare die horribly).
Sun-3 monitors losing the flyback transformer and... - crash and burn: vi.,n. A spectacular crash, in the mode of the
conclusion of the car-chase scene in the movie "Bullitt" and
many subsequent imitators (compare {die horribly}).
Sun-3 monitors losing the flyback transformer and... - obscure adj.
Used in an exaggeration of its normal meaning,
to imply total incomprehensibility. "The reason for... - obscure: adj. Used in an exaggeration of its normal meaning,
to imply total incomprehensibility. "The reason... - die v.
Syn. crash. Unlike crash, which is used
primarily of hardware,
this verb is used of both hardware and software... - die: v. Syn. {crash}. Unlike {crash}, which is used
primarily of hardware,
this verb is used of both hardware and software... - CRB: CRash and
...
From the same category:
- toaster n.
1. The archetypal really stupid application
for an embedded microprocessor controller;
often used in comments that imply that a scheme... - Hackintosh n.
1. An Apple Lisa that has been hacked into
emulating a Macintosh (also called a `Mac XL').
2. A Macintosh assembled from parts theoretically... - This can't happen
Less clipped variant of can't
happen... - PBD /P-B-D/ n.
[abbrev.
of `Programmer Brain Damage'] Applied to bug reports... - glork /glork/
1. interj. Term of mild surprise, usually
tinged with outrage,
as when one attempts to save the results of two...
