The Jargon File

[Phil Kernick]

More stuff for the jargon file from over in Australia...

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FARMING v. The process of ploughing up the magnetic media of a fixed
   disk drive by the mechanism of an interference fit between the
   head and the platter.  Associated with a CRASH.  Typically used as
   follows:  "Oh no, the machine has just CRASHed again, I hope the
   hard drive hasn't gone FARMING again."  Occured with remarkable
   frequency on a MicroVax.

FISH n. Another metasyntactic variable.  See FOO.  Derived initially
   from the Monty-Python skit in the middle of "The Meaning of Life",
   entitled "Find the fish".

CHERNOBYL CHICKEN n. Common oriental food known to the masses as
   "Lemon chicken".  Consumed in great quantities on Wednesday nights
   as this was "Chinese night" (as diffent from pizza night, yiros
   night etc).  The name is derived from the colour of the food, that
   is believed to be so bright that it will glow in the dark, much
   like some of the fabled inhabitants of Chernobyl.

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