2014-04-26 10:52:28 -04:00
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bounce
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2014-04-26 11:54:15 -04:00
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v. 1. [common; perhaps by analogy to a bouncing check] An electronic mail
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message that is undeliverable and returns an error notification to the
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sender is said to bounce. See also bounce message. 2. To engage in sexual
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intercourse; prob.: from the expression bouncing the mattress , but
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influenced by Roo's psychosexually loaded Try bouncing me, Tigger! from the
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Winnie-the-Pooh books. Compare boink. 3. To casually reboot a system in
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order to clear up a transient problem (possibly editing a configuration file
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in the process, if it is one that is only re-read at boot time). Reported
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primarily among VMS and Unix users. 4. [VM/CMS programmers] Automatic
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warm-start of a machine after an error. I logged on this morning and found
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it had bounced 7 times during the night 6. [IBM] To power cycle a peripheral
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in order to reset it.
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