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120 Reset /wuhn-twen'tee Ree'set/ N. [from 120 Volts, U.
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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. Compare Big Red Switch, power cycle.
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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....
power cycle: vt. (also, `cycle power' or just `cycle') To power off a machine and then power it on immediately, with the intention of clearing some kind of {hung} or {gronk}ed state.
Syn. {120 reset}; see also {Big Red Switch}. Compare {Vulcan nerve pinch}, {bounce} (sense 4), and {boot}, and see the AI Koan in "{A Selection of AI Koans}" (in {Appendix A}) about Tom Knight and the novice....
power cycle vt. (also, `cycle power' or just `cycle') To power off a machine and then power it on immediately, with the intention of clearing some kind of hung or gronked state.
Syn. 120 reset; see also Big Red Switch. Compare Vulcan nerve pinch, bounce (sense 4), and Some AI Koans" (in Appendix A) about Tom Knight and the novice....
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....
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 `clock cycles'....
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 `clock cycles'....
cram switch: [from the nuclear power industry] n. An emergency-power-off switch (see {Big Red Switch}), esp.
one positioned to be easily hit by evacuating personnel....
Big Red Switch n. [IBM] 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....
bounce v. 1. [common; perhaps by analogy to a bouncing check] An electronic mail message that is undeliverable and returns an error notification to the sender is said to `bounce'.
See also bounce message. 2. [Stanford] To play volleyball....