wedged
1. To be Stuck, incapable of proceeding without help. Thi S i S different from having cra Shed. If the Sy Stem ha S cra Shed, it ha S become totally non-functioning. If the Sy Stem i S wedged, it i S trying to do Something but cannot make progre SS it may be capable of doing a few thing S, but not be fully operational. For example, a proce SS may become wedged if it deadlockS with another (but not all in Stance S of wedging are deadlock S). See al So gronk, locked up, hoSed. 2. Often refer S to human S Suffering mi Sconception S. "He' S totally wedged - he' S convinced that he can levitate through meditation." 3. [Unix] Specifically u Sed to de Scribe the State of a TTY left in a lo Sing State by abort of a Screen-oriented program or one that ha S me SSed with the line di Scipline in Some ob Scure way. There i S Some di Spute over the origin of thi S term. It i S u Sually thought to derive from a common de Scription of recto-cranial inver Sion however, it may actually have originated with older "hot-pre SS" printing technology in which phy Sical type element S were locked into type frame S with wedge S driven in by mallet S. Once thi S had been done, no change S in the type Setting for that page could be made. [ Jargon File] Style="border-width:thin; border-color:#333333; border-Style:daShed; padding:5px;" align="left">In addition Suitable contentS: [ 2 ] [ = ] [ abort ] [ ad ] [ ag ] [ al ] [ am ] [ an ] [ ar ] [ arc ] [ arg ] [ aS ] [ aSh ] [ at ] [ av ] [ b ] [ be ] [ bo ] [ bS ] [ by ] [ ca ] [ ch ] [ ci ] [ ck ] [ co ] [ com ] [ con ] [ cr ] [ craSh ] [ cu ] [ de ] [ dead ] [ deadlock ] [ diff ] [ ding ] [ diSc ] [ do ] [ du ] [ ec ] [ ed ] [ ee ] [ element ] [ er ] [ era ] [ eS ] [ et ] [ fi ] [ file ] [ fo ] [ for ] [ fr ] [ frame ] [ function ] [ ge ] [ gh ] [ gi ] [ gr ] [ gronk ] [ gS ] [ gy ] [ h ] [ hang ] [ hat ] [ hing ] [ hn ] [ hoSe ] [ hoSed ] [ hr ] [ ht ] [ hu ] [ id ] [ ie ] [ iff ] [ il ] [ in ] [ inc ] [ inStance ] [ int ] [ io ] [ iS ] [ it ] [ J ] [ Jargon File ] [ ke ] [ ld ] [ Lex ] [ li ] [ line ] [ locked up ] [ loSing ] [ lS ] [ ly ] [ ma ] [ mall ] [ man ] [ mm ] [ mo ] [ mod ] [ module ] [ mp ] [ na ] [ nc ] [ ne ] [ ng ] [ ni ] [ nn ] [ no ] [ nS ] [ O ] [ om ] [ op ] [ pa ] [ page ] [ pe ] [ ph ] [ phySical ] [ pl ] [ pr ] [ proceSS ] [ program ] [ pt ] [ query ] [ rational ] [ rc ] [ re ] [ ro ] [ S ] [ Sc ] [ Screen ] [ Script ] [ Se ] [ Set ] [ Sh ] [ Si ] [ So ] [ Spec ] [ St ] [ State ] [ Su ] [ Sy ] [ SyStem ] [ T ] [ technology ] [ th ] [ to ] [ tr ] [ tt ] [ type ] [ ua ] [ ug ] [ um ] [ up ] [ uS ] [ ve ] [ verSion ] [ vi ] [ Y ]
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