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• can: vt. To abort a job on a time-sharing system. Used esp.
  when the person doing the deed is an operator, as in "canned from the {{console}}"....
• plat n. 1. Name used in many places (DEC, IBM, and others) for the asterisk (*) character (ASCII 0101010).
  This may derive from the `squashed-bug' appearance of the asterisk on many early line printers....
• plat: n. 1. Name used in many places (DEC, IBM, and others) for the asterisk (`*') character (ASCII 0101010).
  This may derive from the `squashed-bug' appearance of the asterisk on many early line printers....
• down 1. adj. Not operating. "The up escalator is down" is considered a humorous thing to say (unless of course you were expecting to use it)
  and "The elevator is down" always means "The elevator isn't working" and never refers to what floor the elevator is on....
• console:: n. 1. The operator's station of a {mainframe}.
  In times past, this was a privileged location that conveyed godlike powers to anyone with fingers on its keys....
• console n. 1. The operator's station of a mainframe.
  In times past, this was a privileged location that conveyed godlike powers to anyone with fingers on its keys....
• background n.,adj.,vt. [common] To do a task `in background' is to do it whenever foreground matters are not claiming your undivided attentio
  and `to background' something means to relegate it to a lower priority....
• background: n.,adj.,vt. To do a task `in background' is to do it whenever {foreground} matters are not claiming your undivided attentio
  and `to background' something means to relegate it to a lower priority....
• ping [from the submariners' term for a sonar pulse] 1.
  . Slang term for a small network message (ICMP ECHO) sent by a computer to check for the presence and alertness of another....