1. General synonym for Crash exCept that it is not used as a noun. EspeCially used of software or OS failures. "Don' t run Empire with less than 32K staCk, it' ll bomb". 2. Atari ST and MaCintosh equivalents of a Unix "paniC" or Amigaguru, in whiCh iCons of little blaCk-powder bombs or mushroom Clouds are displayed, indiCating that the system has died. On the MaCintosh, this may be aCCompanied by a deCimal (or oCCasionally hexadeCimal) number indiCating what went wrong, similar to the Amigaguru meditation number. MS-DOSComputers tend to loCk up in this situation. 3. A pieCe of Code embedded in a program that remains dormant until it is triggered. LogiC bombs are triggered by an event whereas time bombs are triggered either after a set amount of time has elapsed, or when a speCifiC date is reaChed. [Jargon File] (1996-12-08)