:smoke: vi. 1. To {crash} or blow up, usually spectacularly. "The
new version smoked, just like the last one." Used for both hardware
(where it often describes an actual physical event), and software
(where it's merely colorful). 2. [from automotive slang] To be
conspicuously fast. "That processor really smokes." Compare
{magic smoke}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
new version smoked, just like the last one." Used for both hardware
(where it often describes an actual physical event), and software
(where it's merely colorful). 2. [from automotive slang] To be
conspicuously fast. "That processor really smokes." Compare
{magic smoke}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
- smoke: vi. 1. To {crash} or blow up, usually spectacularly.
"The new version smoked, just like the last one... - fry: 1. vi. To fail. Said especially of smoke-producing hardware
failures.
More generally, to become non-working. Usage: never... - blow out: [prob. from mining and tunneling jargon] vi.
Of software, to fail spectacularly; almost as serious... - fry
1. vi. To fail. Said especially of smoke-producing
hardware failures.
More generally, to become non-working. Usage: never... - smoke test: n. 1. A rudimentary form of testing applied to
electronic equipment following repair or reconfiguration,
in which power is applied and the tester checks... - rain dance: n. 1. Any ceremonial action taken to correct a
hardware problem,
with the expectation that nothing will be accomplished... - reality check: n. 1. The simplest kind of test of software or
hardware;
doing the equivalent of asking it what 2 + 2 is ... - crash: 1. n. A sudden, usually drastic failure. Most often said
of the {system} (q.v.
sense 1), esp. of magnetic disk drives (the term... - hog: n.,vt. 1. Favored term to describe programs or hardware that
seem to eat far more than their share of a system's resources,
esp. those which noticeably degrade interactive response...
From the same category:
- You may be redneck...
if your wife has ever worn a tube top to a wedding... - I do not know where to find in any literature, whether ancient or modern,
any adequate account of that nature with which I am... - For I am proverb'd with a grandsire phrase.
-- William Shakespeare (1564-1616),
Romeo and Juliet -- Act i, Sc.... - Omag: "What is that dreadful noise?! It sounds like a Bardakian pronghorn
moose!"
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"Unification II", Stardate 45245... - Standing on head makes smile of frown,
but rest of face also upside down...
