:die: v. Syn. {crash}. Unlike {crash}, which is used
primarily of hardware, this verb is used of both hardware and
software. See also {go flatline}, {casters-up mode}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
primarily of hardware, this verb is used of both hardware and
software. See also {go flatline}, {casters-up mode}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
- die v.
Syn. crash. Unlike crash, which is used
primarily of hardware,
this verb is used of both hardware and software... - Helen Keller mode: n. 1. State of a hardware or software system
that is deaf,
dumb, and blind, i.e., accepting no input and generating... - dead: adj. 1. Non-functional; {down}; {crash}ed. Especially
used of hardware.
2. At XEROX PARC, software that is working but not... - smoke: vi. 1. To {crash} or blow up, usually spectacularly.
"The new version smoked, just like the last one... - casters-up mode: [IBM, prob. fr. slang belly up] n.
Yet another synonym for `broken' or `down'. Usually... - hung: [from `hung up'] adj. Equivalent to {wedged},
but more common at UNIX/C sites. Not generally... - Helen Keller mode n.
1. State of a hardware or software
system that is deaf,
dumb, and blind, i.e., accepting no input and generating... - 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... - blow out: [prob. from mining and tunneling jargon] vi.
Of software, to fail spectacularly; almost as serious...
From the same category:
- Return on investments seldom does!
The government owns all the detour signs... - I'm along for
the ride... - Base Envy withers at another's joy,
And hates that excellence it cannot reach.
James Thomson (1700-1748) -- The Seasons, Spring,... - It is bad manners to use a wand in
a shop... - I'm the only one in my neighborhood who has a life-size map of the
United States.
When people ask me where I live, I tell them E-5...
