drop-ins n.
[prob. by analogy with drop-outs]
Spurious characters appearing on a terminal or console as a result
of line noise or a system malfunction of some sort. Esp. used
when these are interspersed with one's own typed input. Compare
drop-outs, sense 2.
[prob. by analogy with drop-outs]
Spurious characters appearing on a terminal or console as a result
of line noise or a system malfunction of some sort. Esp. used
when these are interspersed with one's own typed input. Compare
drop-outs, sense 2.
Related:
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characters appearing on a terminal or console as a result of line
noise or a system malfunction of some sort.
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