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    /smerf/ [from the soc.motss newsgroup on USENET, after some obnoxiously gooey cartoon characters] n. A newsgroup regular with a habitual style that is... VIEW ENTIRE DEFINITION


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    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 gronked 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.