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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>bring X to its knees</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="../B.html" title="B"/><link rel="previous" href="bricktext.html" title="bricktext"/><link rel="next" href="brittle.html" title="brittle"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">bring X to its knees</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="bricktext.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">B</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="brittle.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="bring-X-to-its-knees"/><dt xmlns="" id="bring-X-to-its-knees"><b>bring X to its knees</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">v.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [common] To present a machine, operating system, piece of software,
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or algorithm with a load so extreme or <a href="../P/pathological.html"><i class="glossterm">pathological</i></a>
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that it grinds to a halt.: “<span class="quote">To bring a MicroVAX to its knees, try
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twenty users running <a href="../V/vi.html"><i class="glossterm">vi</i></a> — or four running
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