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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>hose</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="../H.html" title="H"/><link rel="previous" href="horked.html" title="horked"/><link rel="next" href="hosed.html" title="hosed"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">hose</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="horked.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">H</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="hosed.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="hose"/><dt xmlns="" id="hose"><b>hose</b></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. <span class="grammar">vt.</span> [common] To make
non-functional or greatly degraded in performance. &#8220;<span class="quote">That big
ray-tracing program really hoses the system.</span>&#8221; See
<a href="hosed.html"><i class="glossterm">hosed</i></a>. </p></dd><dd><p> 2. <span class="grammar">n.</span> A narrow channel through
which data flows under pressure. Generally denotes data paths that
represent performance bottlenecks. </p></dd><dd><p> 3. <span class="grammar">n.</span> Cabling, especially thick
Ethernet cable. This is sometimes called <span class="firstterm">bit
hose</span> or <span class="firstterm">hosery</span> (play on
&#8216;hosiery&#8217;) or &#8216;etherhose&#8217;. See also
<a href="../W/washing-machine.html"><i class="glossterm">washing machine</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="horked.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../H.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="hosed.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">horked </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> hosed</td></tr></table></div></body></html>