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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>power cycle</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="../P.html" title="P"/><link rel="previous" href="pound-on.html" title="pound on"/><link rel="next" href="power-hit.html" title="power hit"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">power cycle</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="pound-on.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">P</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="power-hit.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="power-cycle"/><dt xmlns="" id="power-cycle"><b>power cycle</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">vt.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> (also, <span class="firstterm">cycle power</span> or just
<span class="firstterm">cycle</span>) To power off a machine and
then power it on immediately, with the intention of clearing some kind of
<a href="../H/hung.html"><i class="glossterm">hung</i></a> or <a href="../G/gronk.html"><i class="glossterm">gronk</i></a>ed state. See
also <a href="../B/Big-Red-Switch.html"><i class="glossterm">Big Red Switch</i></a>. Compare
<a href="../V/Vulcan-nerve-pinch.html"><i class="glossterm">Vulcan nerve pinch</i></a>, <a href="../B/bounce.html"><i class="glossterm">bounce</i></a> (sense 4), and
<a href="../B/boot.html"><i class="glossterm">boot</i></a>, and see the
<a href="../koans.html" title="Some AI Koans">Some AI Koans</a> (in Appendix A)
about Tom Knight and the novice.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="pound-on.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../P.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="power-hit.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">pound on </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> power hit</td></tr></table></div></body></html>