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deep hack mode
n. See {hack mode}.
View Definition: power cycle
power cycle
vt. (also, `cycle power' or just `cycle') To power off a machine and then power it on immediately, with the intention of clearing some kind of
hung
or
gronk
ed state. Syn.
120 reset
; see also
Big Red Switch
. Compare
Vulcan nerve pinch
,
bounce
, and
boot
, and see the AI Koan in "
A Selection of AI Koans
" (in
appendix A
) about Tom Knight and the novice.
