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De - Pt| English Dictionary: catatonic | by the DICT Development Group |
| 3 results for catatonic | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
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catatonic adj. Describes a condition of suspended animation in which something is so {wedged} or {hung} that it makes no response. If you are typing on a terminal and suddenly the computer doesn't even echo the letters back to the screen as you type, let alone do what you're asking it to do, then the computer is suffering from catatonia (possibly because it has crashed). "There I was in the middle of a winning game of {nethack} and it went catatonic on me! Aaargh!" Compare {buzz}. | |
| From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
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catatonic Describes a condition of suspended animation in which something is so {wedged} or {hung} that it makes no response. If you are typing on a {terminal} and suddenly the computer doesn't even echo the letters back to the screen as you type, let alone do what you're asking it to do, then the computer is suffering from catatonia (possibly because it has crashed). Compare {buzz}. [{Jargon File}] | |
