wedged
[from a common description of recto-cranial inversion]
adj. 1. To be stuck, incapable of proceeding without help. This
is different from having crashed. If the system has crashed, then
it has become totally non-functioning. If the system is wedged, it
is trying to do something but cannot make progress; it may be
capable of doing a few things, but not be fully operational. For
example, a process may become wedged if it
deadlocks with
another (but not all instances of wedging are deadlocks). See also
gronk,
locked up,
hosed. Describes a
deadlocked condition. 2. Often refers to humans suffering
misconceptions. "He's totally wedged --- he's convinced that he
can levitate through meditation." 3. [UNIX] Specifically used to
describe the state of a TTY left in a losing state by abort of a
screen-oriented program or one that has messed with the line
discipline in some obscure way.
