1. <Software> 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. SyStem> 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-DOS computerS tend to lock up in thiSSituation. 3. <Software> 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)
