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• casters-up mode n. [IBM, prob. fr. slang belly up] Yet another synonym for `broken' or `down'.
  Usually connotes a major failure. A system (hardware or software) which is `down' may be already being restarted before the failure is noticed, whereas one which is `casters up' is usually a good excuse to take the rest of the day off (as long as you're not responsible for fixing it)....
• 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...
• Helen Keller mode: n. 1. State of a hardware or software system that is deaf, dumb, and blind, i.
  e., accepting no input and generating no output, usually due to an infinite loop or some other excursion into {deep space}....
• boot v.,n. [techspeak; from `by one's bootstraps'] To load and initialize the operating system on a machine.
  This usage is no longer jargon (having passed into techspeak) but has given rise to some derivatives that are still jargon....
• 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....
• demo mode: [Sun] n. 1. The state of being {heads down} in order to finish code in time for a {demo}, usually due yesterday.
  2. A mode in which video games sit by themselves running through a portion of the game, also known as `attract mode'....
• YOYO MODE n. State in which the system is said to be when it rapidly alternates several times between being up and being down.
  -- From the AI Hackers' Dictionary...
• yoyo mode: n. The state in which the system is said to be when it rapidly alternates several times between being up and being down.
  Interestingly (and perhaps not by coincidence), many hardware vendors give out free yoyos at Usenix exhibits....
• wirehead: /wi:r'hed/ n. [prob. from SF slang for an electrical-brain-stimulation addict] 1.
  A hardware hacker, especially one who concentrates on communications hardware....