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hung
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2014-04-26 11:54:15 -04:00
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adj. [from hung up ; common] Equivalent to wedged , but more common at
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Unix/C sites. Not generally used of people. Syn. with locked up , wedged ;
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compare hosed. See also hang. A hung state is distinguished from crash ed or
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down , where the program or system is also unusable but because it is not
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running rather than because it is waiting for something. However, the
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recovery from both situations is often the same. It is also distinguished
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from the similar but more drastic state wedged hung software can be woken up
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with easy things like interrupt keys, but wedged will need a kill -9 or even
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reboot.
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