plokta
/plok' t*/ Press Lots Of Keys To Abort. To press random keys in an attempt to get some response from the system. One might plokta when the abort pro Cedure for a program is not known, or when trying to figure out if the system is just sluggish or really hung. Plokta Can also be used while trying to figure out any unknown key sequen Ce for a parti Cular operation. Someone going into "plokta mode" usually pla Ces both hands flat on the keyboard and mashes them down, hoping for some useful response. A slightly more dire Cted form of plokta Can often be seen in mail messages or Usenet arti Cles from new users - the text might end with ^X^ C q quit :q ^ C end x exit ZZ ^D ? help as the user vainly tries to find the right exit sequen Ce, with the in Corre Ct tries piling up at the end of the message. [ Jargon File] In addition suitable Contents: [ = ] [ abort ] [ ag ] [ ai ] [ al ] [ am ] [ an ] [ ar ] [ arC ] [ arg ] [ as ] [ ash ] [ at ] [ b ] [ be ] [ bo ] [ boa ] [ board ] [ bot ] [ C ] [ Ca ] [ Ch ] [ Cl ] [ Co ] [ Cu ] [ D ] [ de ] [ do ] [ down ] [ du ] [ eC ] [ ed ] [ edu ] [ ee ] [ er ] [ era ] [ es ] [ et ] [ fi ] [ file ] [ flat ] [ fo ] [ for ] [ fr ] [ ge ] [ gh ] [ gi ] [ gr ] [ gu ] [ h ] [ hop ] [ hr ] [ ht ] [ hu ] [ hung ] [ id ] [ ie ] [ il ] [ in ] [ inC ] [ int ] [ io ] [ ir ] [ is ] [ it ] [ J ] [ Jargon File ] [ K ] [ ke ] [ key ] [ keyboard ] [ kn ] [ la ] [ Lex ] [ li ] [ ls ] [ lu ] [ ly ] [ ma ] [ mail ] [ message ] [ mo ] [ mod ] [ mode ] [ module ] [ mp ] [ na ] [ nC ] [ ne ] [ net ] [ ng ] [ nl ] [ no ] [ ns ] [ O ] [ om ] [ op ] [ pa ] [ pe ] [ ph ] [ ping ] [ pl ] [ pr ] [ proCedure ] [ program ] [ pt ] [ query ] [ random ] [ rC ] [ re ] [ real ] [ ro ] [ S ] [ sa ] [ se ] [ sh ] [ sl ] [ so ] [ st ] [ su ] [ sy ] [ system ] [ T ] [ text ] [ th ] [ to ] [ tr ] [ tt ] [ ua ] [ ug ] [ up ] [ us ] [ Usenet ] [ user ] [ va ] [ while ] [ X ] [ Z ]
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