hang-up

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hang-up
1. A state in which a program has come to an unexpected halt, e.g. because it is trying to read data from a device that is not connected to the processor.

2. In the context of time-sharing systems, the signal received by the program when a remote terminal breaks its connection (“hangs up the telephone”).

hang-up

views updated Jun 11 2018

hang-up • n. inf. an emotional problem or inhibition: people with hang-ups about their age.

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