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2014-04-26 10:52:28 -04:00
hang
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v. 1. [very common] To wait for an event that will never occur. The system
is hanging because it can't read from the crashed drive. See wedged , hung.
2. To wait for some event to occur; to hang around until something happens.
The program displays a menu and then hangs until you type a character.
Compare block. 3. To attach a peripheral device, esp.