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catatonic
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2014-04-26 11:54:15 -04:00
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adj. Describes a condition of suspended animation in which something is so
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wedged or hung that it makes no response. If you are typing on a terminal
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and suddenly the computer doesn't even echo the letters back to the screen
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as you type, let alone do what you're asking it to do, then the computer is
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suffering from catatonia (possibly because it has crashed). There I was in
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the middle of a winning game of nethack and it went catatonic on me! Aaargh!
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Compare buzz.
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