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Someone thought The Big Red Button was a light switch.
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I Wonder What The Big Red Button Does....?
BRS /B-R-S/ n. Syn. Big Red Switch. This abbreviation is fairly common on-line.
BRS: /B-R-S/ n. Syn. {Big Red Switch}. This abbreviation is fairly common on-line.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
molly-guard /mol'ee-gard/ n. [University of Illinois] A shield to prevent tripping of some Big Red Switch by clumsy or ignorant hands.
Originally used of the plexiglass covers improvised for the BRS on an IBM 4341 after a programmer's toddler daughter (named Molly) frobbed it twice in one day....
A little red button awaits to be pushed !
Big Red Switch: [IBM] n. The power switch on a computer, esp.
he `Emergency Pull' switch on an IBM {mainframe} or the power switch on an IBM PC where it really is large and red....
120 reset /wuhn-twen'tee ree'set/ n. [from 120 volts, U.
S. wall voltage] To cycle power on a machine in order to reset or unjam it....
120 reset: /wuhn-twen'tee ree'set/ [from 120 volts, U.
S. wall voltage] n. To cycle power on a machine in order to reset or unjam it....
Push red button to test, release to detonate...