Forked




(Unix; probably after "fucked") Terminally slow, or dead. Originated when one system was slowed to a snail's pace by an inadvertent fork bomb.

[Jargon File]



< Previous Terms Terms Containing forked Next Terms >
foreign key
Foresight
for free
fork
fork bomb
 Xemacs
 for loop
FORM
FORMAC
FORMAL
formal argument