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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....
• 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. 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....
• 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....
• ACK: /ak/ interj. 1. [from the ASCII mnemonic for 0000110] Acknowledge.
  Used to register one's presence (compare mainstream *Yo!...
• glitch: /glich/ [from German `glitschen' to slip, via Yiddish `glitshen', to slide or skid] 1.
  . A sudden interruption in electric service, sanity, continuity, or program function....
• down: 1. adj. Not operating. "The up escalator is down" is considered a humorous thing to say
  and "The elevator is down" always means "The elevator isn't working" and never refers to what floor the elevator is on....
• gun: [ITS: from the `:GUN' command] vt. To forcibly terminate a program or job (computer, not career).
  Some idiot left a background process running soaking up half the cycles, so I gunned it....