plokta
/plok' t*/ Press Lots Of Keys To Ab ORt. To press random keys in an attempt to get some response from the system. One might plokta when the ab ORt procedure f OR 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 sequence f OR a particular operation. Someone going into "plokta mode" usually places both hands flat on the keyboard and mashes them down, hoping f OR some useful response. A slightly m ORe directed f ORm of plokta can often be seen in mail messages OR Usenet articles 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 sequence, with the inc ORrect 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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