Re: what do you call it when your computer stops?

[Bill Bledsoe <taft!bledsobl -at- UUSTAR -dot- STARNET -dot- NET>]

Oh boy, couldn't resist this one.... sorry list.....

Read it with me:  General Protection Fault....

From the serious and respectable side of the isle....

I like locked or locked up if you have to use a "term."  I think though
you'd want to describe or define "locked" in any document you produce.
All of the terms for "this %!$%@ computer has stopped functioning"
(locked, frozen, etc.) deserve an explanation.  The explanation would
include:

*  What the screen looks like
*  What if any messages appear
*  Can the user do something to get out of the "@!# -at- $"

That's my $.02


Bill Bledsoe
AGE Systems Admin. Ctr.
Technical Writer


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On Thu, 31 Aug 1995, Solveig Haugland wrote:

> Several terms are used to describe what happens when your computer just won't
> do anything--it's frozen, it locks up, it's hung, and so on. Has anyone found
 a
> dignified, yet clear term to describe this? We've tentatively gone with "if
> your computer stops processing" but it doesn't feel good.

> This, of course, is to be distinguished from when one is "kicked out" of an
> application--when it quits unexpectedly.

> Thanks,

> Solveig Haugland
> shauglan -at- gps -dot- com