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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>rape</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="../R.html" title="R"/><link rel="previous" href="randomness.html" title="randomness"/><link rel="next" href="rare-mode.html" title="rare mode"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">rape</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="randomness.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">R</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="rare-mode.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="rape"/><dt xmlns="" id="rape"><b>rape</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">vt.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. To <a href="../S/screw.html"><i class="glossterm">screw</i></a> someone or something, violently;
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in particular, to destroy a program or information irrecoverably. Often
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used in describing file-system damage. “<span class="quote">So-and-so was running a
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program that did absolute disk I/O and ended up raping the master
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directory.</span>” </p></dd><dd><p> 2. To strip a piece of hardware for parts.</p></dd><dd><p> 3. [CMU/Pitt] To mass-copy files from an anonymous ftp site.
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“<span class="quote">Last night I raped Simtel's dskutl directory.</span>”</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="randomness.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../R.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="rare-mode.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">randomness </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> rare mode</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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