:blow out: [prob. from mining and tunneling jargon] vi. Of
software, to fail spectacularly; almost as serious as {crash and
burn}. See {blow past}, {blow up}, {die
horribly}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
software, to fail spectacularly; almost as serious as {crash and
burn}. See {blow past}, {blow up}, {die
horribly}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
- blow out vi.
[prob. from mining and tunneling jargon] Of
software,
to fail spectacularly; almost as serious as crash and... - smoke: vi. 1. To {crash} or blow up, usually spectacularly.
"The new version smoked, just like the last one... - blow past: vt. To {blow out} despite a safeguard. "The server blew
past the 5K reserve buffer."
-
The AI Hackers... - blow up: vi. 1. [scientific computation] To become unstable.
Suggests that the computation is diverging so rapidly... - smoke vi.
1. To crash or blow up, usually
spectacularly.
"The new version smoked, just like the last one." ... - die horribly: v. The software equivalent of {crash and burn},
and the preferred emphatic form of {die}. "The converter... - 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... - die horribly v.
The software equivalent of crash and burn,
and the preferred emphatic form... - die: v. Syn. {crash}. Unlike {crash}, which is used
primarily of hardware,
this verb is used of both hardware and software...
From the same category:
- It's such a little town our radio station can't identify itself.
It's off the air now. Somebody tripped over the tower... - The whole world is about three drinks behind.
--
Humphrey... - If the odds are a million to one against something
occurring,
chances are 50-50 it will... - No author ever spar'd a brother.
-- John Gay (1688-1732)
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Fables, Part i, The Elephant and the... - See much, study much, think much,
and you might even learn something...
