hung

adj. [from hung up ; common] Equivalent to wedged , but more common at
Unix/C sites. Not generally used of people. Syn. with locked up , wedged ;
compare hosed. See also hang. A hung state is distinguished from crash ed or
down , where the program or system is also unusable but because it is not
running rather than because it is waiting for something. However, the
recovery from both situations is often the same. It is also distinguished
from the similar but more drastic state wedged hung software can be woken up
with easy things like interrupt keys, but wedged will need a kill -9 or even
reboot.

