glitch
/glich/ [German "glit Schen" to Slip, via Yiddi Sh "glit Shen", to Slide or Skid] 1. (Electronic S) When the input S of a circuit change, and the output S change to Some random value for Some very brief time before they Settle down to the correct value. If another circuit in Spect S the output at ju St the wrong time, reading the random value, the re Sult S can be very wrong and very hard to debug (a glitch i S one of many cau Se S of electronic heiSenbugS). 2. A Sudden interruption in electric Service, Sanity, continuity, or program function. Sometime S recoverable. An interruption in electric Service i S Specifically called a "power glitch" (or power hit), of grave concern becau Se it u Sually cra She S all the computer S. See al So gritch. 2. [ Stanford] To Scroll a di Splay Screen, e Specially Several line S at a time. WAITS terminal S u Sed to do thi S in order to avoid continuou S Scrolling, which i S di Stracting to the eye. 4. Ob Solete. Same a S magic cookie. [ Jargon File] Style="border-width:thin; border-color:#333333; border-Style:daShed; padding:5px;" align="left">In addition Suitable contentS: [ 2 ] [ = ] [ ad ] [ ag ] [ AI ] [ AIT ] [ al ] [ am ] [ an ] [ ar ] [ arc ] [ arg ] [ aS ] [ aSh ] [ at ] [ au ] [ av ] [ b ] [ be ] [ br ] [ bS ] [ ca ] [ ch ] [ ci ] [ circuit ] [ co ] [ com ] [ computer ] [ con ] [ cookie ] [ cr ] [ craSh ] [ cu ] [ dd ] [ de ] [ deb ] [ ding ] [ diSplay ] [ do ] [ down ] [ du ] [ E ] [ ec ] [ ed ] [ ee ] [ electron ] [ er ] [ era ] [ eS ] [ et ] [ fi ] [ file ] [ fo ] [ for ] [ function ] [ G ] [ ge ] [ German ] [ gi ] [ gl ] [ gr ] [ gritch ] [ h ] [ hang ] [ heiSenbug ] [ hit ] [ hr ] [ id ] [ ie ] [ il ] [ in ] [ input ] [ int ] [ interrupt ] [ io ] [ ir ] [ iS ] [ IT ] [ it ] [ ITS ] [ J ] [ Jargon File ] [ ki ] [ la ] [ Lex ] [ li ] [ line ] [ lS ] [ lt ] [ lu ] [ ly ] [ ma ] [ magic ] [ magic cookie ] [ man ] [ mo ] [ mod ] [ module ] [ mp ] [ na ] [ nc ] [ ne ] [ nf ] [ ng ] [ ni ] [ no ] [ np ] [ nS ] [ nu ] [ O ] [ om ] [ output ] [ pe ] [ ph ] [ pl ] [ power hit ] [ pr ] [ program ] [ pt ] [ query ] [ random ] [ rave ] [ rc ] [ re ] [ ro ] [ ru ] [ S ] [ Sa ] [ Sc ] [ Screen ] [ Scroll ] [ Scrolling ] [ Se ] [ Service ] [ Set ] [ Sh ] [ Sk ] [ Sl ] [ So ] [ Spec ] [ St ] [ Su ] [ T ] [ tc ] [ terminal ] [ th ] [ to ] [ tp ] [ tr ] [ tron ] [ TS ] [ tt ] [ ua ] [ ug ] [ up ] [ uS ] [ va ] [ value ] [ ve ] [ vi ] [ WAITS ] [ Y ] [ ye ]
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