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Broken Adj. 1. Not Working Properly (of Programs).
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broken adj.
1. Not working properly (of programs).
2. Behaving strangely; especially (when used of people) exhibiting
extreme depression.
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broken: adj. 1. Not working properly (of programs).
2. Behaving strangely; especially (when used of people) exhibiting extreme depression....
gronked: adj. 1. Broken. "The teletype scanner was gronked, so we took the system down.
2. Of people, the condition of feeling very tired or (less commonly) sick....
gronked adj. 1. Broken. "The teletype scanner was gronked, so we took the system down.
2. Of people, the condition of feeling very tired or (less commonly) sick....
dead adj. 1. Non-functional; down; crashed. Especially used of hardware.
2. At XEROX PARC, software that is working but not undergoing continued development and support....
dead: adj. 1. Non-functional; {down}; {crash}ed. Especially used of hardware.
2. At XEROX PARC, software that is working but not undergoing continued development and support....
fried adj. 1. [common] Non-working due to hardware failure
burnt out. Especially used of hardware brought down by a `power glitch' (see glitch), drop-outs, a short, or some other electrical event....
fried: adj. 1. Non-working due to hardware failure
burnt out. Especially used of hardware brought down by a `power glitch' (see {glitch}), {drop-outs}, a short, or some other electrical event....
onlinear: adj. [scientific computation] 1. Behaving in an erratic and unpredictable fashio
unstable. When used to describe the behavior of a machine or program, it suggests that said machine or program is being forced to run far outside of design specifications....
onlinear adj. [scientific computation] 1. Behaving in an erratic and unpredictable fashio
unstable. When used to describe the behavior of a machine or program, it suggests that said machine or program is being forced to run far outside of design specifications....