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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>provocative maintenance</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../P.html" title="P"/><link rel="previous" href="protocol.html" title="protocol"/><link rel="next" href="prowler.html" title="prowler"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">provocative maintenance</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="protocol.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">P</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="prowler.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="provocative-maintenance"/><dt xmlns="" id="provocative-maintenance"><b>provocative maintenance</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [common ironic mutation of <span class="firstterm">preventive
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maintenance</span>] Actions performed upon a machine at regularly
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scheduled intervals to ensure that the system remains in a usable state.
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So called because it is all too often performed by a
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<a href="../F/field-servoid.html"><i class="glossterm">field servoid</i></a> who doesn't know what he is doing; such
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‘maintenance’ often <span class="emphasis"><em>induces</em></span> problems, or
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otherwise results in the machine's remaining in an
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<span class="emphasis"><em>un</em></span>usable state for an indeterminate amount of time.
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See also <a href="../S/scratch-monkey.html"><i class="glossterm">scratch monkey</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="protocol.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../P.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="prowler.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">protocol </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> prowler</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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