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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>drain</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="../D.html" title="D"/><link rel="previous" href="Dragon-Book.html" title="Dragon Book"/><link rel="next" href="dread-high-bit-disease.html" title="dread high-bit disease"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">drain</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Dragon-Book.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">D</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="dread-high-bit-disease.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="drain"/><dt xmlns="" id="drain"><b>drain</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">v.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [IBM] Syn. for <a href="../F/flush.html"><i class="glossterm">flush</i></a> (sense 2). Has a
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connotation of finality about it; one speaks of draining a device before
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