:gun: [ITS: from the `:GUN' command] vt. To forcibly
terminate a program or job (computer, not career). "Some idiot
left a background process running soaking up half the cycles, so I
gunned it." Compare {can}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
terminate a program or job (computer, not career). "Some idiot
left a background process running soaking up half the cycles, so I
gunned it." Compare {can}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
- gun vt.
[ITS, now rare: from the :GUN command]
To forcibly terminate a program or job (computer,
not career). "Some idiot left a background process... - FOD: /fod/ v. [Abbreviation for `Finger of Death', originally a
spell-name from fantasy gaming] To terminate with extreme prejudice
and with no regard for other people.
From {MUD}s where the wizard command `FOD <player>'... - 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... - background: n.,adj.,vt. To do a task `in background' is to do
it whenever {foreground} matters are not claiming your undivided
attention,
and `to background' something means to relegate it... - FOD /fod/ v.
[Abbreviation for `Finger of Death',
originally a spell-name from fantasy gaming] To terminate... - can: vt. To abort a job on a time-sharing system. Used esp.
when the person doing the deed is an operator, as in... - cycle drought: n. A scarcity of cycles. It may be due to a {cycle
crunch},
but it could also occur because part of the computer... - cycle
1. n. The basic unit of computation. What every
hacker wants more of (noted hacker Bill Gosper described himself as
a "cycle junkie").
One can describe an instruction as taking so many... - rape: vt. 1. To {screw} someone or something, violently;
in particular, to destroy a program or information...
