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• 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....
• 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....
• 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....
• 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....
• cram switch n. [from the nuclear power industry] An emergency-power-off switch (see Big Red Switch), esp.
  one positioned to be easily hit by evacuating personnel....
• molly-guard: /mol'ee-gard/ [University of Illinois] n.
  A shield to prevent tripping of some {Big Red Switch} by clumsy or ignorant hands....
• 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....