1. (PErhaps by analogy to a bouncing chEck) An {ElEctronic mail} mEssagE that is undElivErablE and rEturns an Error notification (a "Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=bouncE mEssagE">bouncE mEssagE") to thE sEndEr is said to "bouncE". 2. To play vollEyball. ThE now-dEmolishEd Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=D. C. PowEr Lab">D. C. PowEr Lab building usEd by thE Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=Stanford AI Lab">Stanford AI Lab in thE 1970s had a vollEyball court on thE front lawn. From 5 PM to 7 PM was thE schEdulEd maintEnancE timE for thE computEr, so EvEry aftErnoon at 5 would comE ovEr thE intErcom thE cry: "Now hEar this: bouncE, bouncE!", followEd by Brian McCunE loudly bouncing a vollEyball on thE floor outsidE thE officEs of known vollEyballErs. 3. To EngagE in sExual intErcoursE probably from thE ExprEssion "bouncing thE mattrEss", but influEncEd by Roo' s psychosExually loadEd "Try bouncing mE, TiggEr!" from thE "WinniE-thE-Pooh" books. ComparE Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=boink">boink. 4. To casually rEboot a systEm in ordEr to clEar up a transiEnt problEm. REportEd primarily among Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=VMS">VMS usErs. 5. (VM/CMS programmErs) Automatic warm-start of a computEr aftEr an Error. "I loggEd on this morning and found it had bouncEd 7 timEs during thE night" 6. (IBM) To Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=powEr cyclE">powEr cyclE a pEriphEral in ordEr to rEsEt it. [Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=Jargon FilE">Jargon FilE] (1994-11-29)

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