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Anked: Adj. Same As {down}, Used Primarily By UNIX Hackers.
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:tanked: adj. Same as {down}, used primarily by UNIX hackers. See
also {hosed}. Popularized as a synonym for `drunk' by Steve
Dallas in the late lamented "Bloom County" comic strip.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
anked adj. Same as down, used primarily by Unix hackers.
See also hosed. Popularized as a synonym for `drunk' by Steve Dallas in the late lamented "Bloom County" comic strip....
hosed: adj. Same as {down}. Used primarily by UNIX hackers.
Humorous: also implies a condition thought to be relatively easy to reverse....
hosed adj. Same as down. Used primarily by Unix hackers.
Humorous: also implies a condition thought to be relatively easy to reverse....
hung: [from `hung up'] adj. Equivalent to {wedged}, but more common at UNIX/C sites.
Not generally used of people. Syn. with {locked up}, {wedged}...
hirsute: adj. Occasionally used humorously as a synonym for {hairy}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary
ACK: /ak/ interj. 1. [from the ASCII mnemonic for 0000110] Acknowledge.
Used to register one's presence (compare mainstream *Yo!...
Missed'em-five: n. Pejorative hackerism for AT&T System V UNIX, generally used by {BSD} partisans in a bigoted mood.
(The synonym `SysVile' is also encountered.) See {software bloat}, {Berzerkeley}....
die: v. Syn. {crash}. Unlike {crash}, which is used primarily of hardware, this verb is used of both hardware and software.
See also {go flatline}, {casters-up mode}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
I can't relax, 'cause I'm a Boinger! -- Steve Dallas (Bloom County)