:hang: v. 1. To wait for an event that will never occur. "The
system is hanging because it can't read from the crashed drive".
See {wedged}, {hung}. 2. To wait for some event to occur; to
hang around until something happens. "The program displays a menu
and then hangs until you type a character." Compare {block}.
3. To attach a peripheral device, esp. in the construction `hang
off': "We're going to hang another tape drive off the file
server." Implies a device attached with cables, rather than
something that is strictly inside the machine's chassis.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
system is hanging because it can't read from the crashed drive".
See {wedged}, {hung}. 2. To wait for some event to occur; to
hang around until something happens. "The program displays a menu
and then hangs until you type a character." Compare {block}.
3. To attach a peripheral device, esp. in the construction `hang
off': "We're going to hang another tape drive off the file
server." Implies a device attached with cables, rather than
something that is strictly inside the machine's chassis.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
- hang v.
1. [very common] To wait for an event that will
never occur
The system is hanging because it can't read from ... - hung: [from `hung up'] adj. Equivalent to {wedged}
but more common at UNIX/C sites. Not generally... - hung adj.
[from `hung up'; common] Equivalent to
wedged
but more common at Unix/C sites. Not generally used... - driver: n. 1. The {main loop} of an event-processing program
the code that gets commands and dispatches them for... - frogging: [University of Waterloo] v. 1. Partial corruption of a
text file or input stream by some bug or consistent glitch
as opposed to random events like line noise or media... - driver n.
1. The main loop of an event-processing
program
the code that gets commands and dispatches them for... - frogging [University of Waterloo] v.
1. Partial corruption
of a text file or input stream by some bug or consistent glitch
as opposed to random events like line noise or media... - block: [from process scheduling terminology in OS theory] 1
vi. To delay or sit idle while waiting for something... - wedged adj.
1. To be stuck, incapable of proceeding
without help
This is different from having crashed. If the system...
