:hung: [from `hung up'] adj. Equivalent to {wedged}, but more
common at UNIX/C sites. Not generally used of people. Syn. with
{locked up}, {wedged}; compare {hosed}. See also {hang}.
A hung state is distinguished from {crash}ed or {down}, where the
program or system is also unusable but because it is not running
rather than because it is waiting for something. However, the
recovery from both situations is often the same.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
common at UNIX/C sites. Not generally used of people. Syn. with
{locked up}, {wedged}; compare {hosed}. See also {hang}.
A hung state is distinguished from {crash}ed or {down}, where the
program or system is also unusable but because it is not running
rather than because it is waiting for something. However, the
recovery from both situations is often the same.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
- hung adj.
[from `hung up'; common] Equivalent to
wedged
but more common at Unix/C sites. Not generally used... - wedged adj.
1. To be stuck, incapable of proceeding
without help
This is different from having crashed. If the system... - locked up: adj. Syn. for {hung}, {wedged}.
The AI Hackers... - wedged: adj. 1. To be stuck, incapable of proceeding without
help
This is different from having crashed. If the system... - locked up adj.
Syn. for hung
wedged... - hang: v. 1. To wait for an event that will never occur
The system is hanging because it can't read from... - hang v.
1. [very common] To wait for an event that will
never occur
The system is hanging because it can't read from ... - deadlock: n. 1. [techspeak] A situation wherein two or more
processes are unable to proceed because each is waiting for one of
the others to do something
A common example is a program communicating to a... - hosed: adj. Same as {down}. Used primarily by UNIX hackers
Humorous: also implies a condition thought to be relatively...
