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blockblock v. [common; from process scheduling terminology in OS theory] 1. vi. To delay or sit idle while waiting for something. “We're blocking until everyone gets here.” Compare busy-wait. 2. block on vt. To block, waiting for (something). “Lunch is blocked on Phil's arrival.” |
The Jargon FileCartoonsThe crunchly saga
The infamous Crunchly cartoons by The Great Quux are woven into the lexicon, each next to an appropriate entry. To read them in the sequence in which they were written, chase pointers from here using the ‘next cartoon’ information in the captions. |
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