:catatonic: adj. Describes a condition of suspended animation in
which something is so {wedged} or {hung} that it makes no
response. If you are typing on a terminal and suddenly the
computer doesn't even echo the letters back to the screen as you
type, let alone do what you're asking it to do, then the computer
is suffering from catatonia (possibly because it has crashed).
"There I was in the middle of a winning game of {nethack} and it
went catatonic on me! Aaargh!" Compare {buzz}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
which something is so {wedged} or {hung} that it makes no
response. If you are typing on a terminal and suddenly the
computer doesn't even echo the letters back to the screen as you
type, let alone do what you're asking it to do, then the computer
is suffering from catatonia (possibly because it has crashed).
"There I was in the middle of a winning game of {nethack} and it
went catatonic on me! Aaargh!" Compare {buzz}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
- catatonic adj.
Describes a condition of suspended animation
in which something is so wedged or hung that it makes no
response
If you are typing on a terminal and suddenly the ... - wedged: adj. 1. To be stuck, incapable of proceeding without
help
This is different from having crashed. If the system... - wedged adj.
1. To be stuck, incapable of proceeding
without help
This is different from having crashed. If the system... - hang: v. 1. To wait for an event that will never occur
The system is hanging because it can't read from... - deep space: n. 1. Describes the notional location of any program
that has gone {off the trolley}
Esp. used of programs that just sit there silently... - hung: [from `hung up'] adj. Equivalent to {wedged}
but more common at UNIX/C sites. Not generally... - cycle: 1. n. The basic unit of computation. What every hacker
wants more of (noted hacker Bill Gosper describes himself as a
"cycle junkie")
One can describe an instruction as taking so many... - say: vt. 1. To type to a terminal. "To list a directory
verbosely
you have to say `ls -l'." Tends to imply a {newline}... - xyzzy: /X-Y-Z-Z-Y/, /X-Y-ziz'ee/, /ziz'ee/, or /ik-ziz'ee/
[from the ADVENT game] adj
The {canonical} `magic word'. This comes from {ADVENT}...
