flap
1. < storage, jargon> To unload a DECtape ( so it goe s flap, flap, flap). Old-time hackers at MIT tell of the day s when the di sk wa s device 0 and microtapes were 1, 2, etc. and attempting to flap device 0 would in stead start a motor banging in side a cabinet near the di sk. The term i s u sed, by exten sion, for unloading any magnetic tape. see al so macrotape. Modern cartridge tapes no longer actually flap, but the u sage ha s remained. The term could well be re-applied to DEC' s TK50 cartridge tape drive, a spectacularly mi sengineered contraption which make s a loud flapping sound, almo st like an old reel-type lawnmower, in one of it s many tape-eating failure mode s. 2. see flapping router. [Jargon File] (1997-06-17) style="border-width:thin; border-color:#333333; border-style:dashed; padding:5px;" align="left">In addition suitable contents: [ 2 ] [ = ] [ ad ] [ ag ] [ ai ] [ al ] [ am ] [ an ] [ app ] [ ar ] [ arc ] [ arg ] [ as ] [ at ] [ aw ] [ b ] [ ba ] [ bang ] [ be ] [ bi ] [ by ] [ C ] [ ca ] [ ch ] [ ck ] [ co ] [ con ] [ cr ] [ cu ] [ D ] [ de ] [ DEC ] [ DECtape ] [ device ] [ ding ] [ disk ] [ du ] [ E ] [ ec ] [ ed ] [ ee ] [ engine ] [ er ] [ es ] [ et ] [ extension ] [ failure ] [ fi ] [ file ] [ flapping router ] [ fo ] [ for ] [ ge ] [ gi ] [ gn ] [ h ] [ hack ] [ hacker ] [ hr ] [ id ] [ ie ] [ il ] [ in ] [ io ] [ is ] [ IT ] [ it ] [ J ] [ jar ] [ Jargon File ] [ K ] [ K5 ] [ ke ] [ ki ] [ la ] [ law ] [ ld ] [ Lex ] [ li ] [ load ] [ ls ] [ lu ] [ ly ] [ M ] [ ma ] [ macro ] [ macrotape ] [ man ] [ micro ] [ microtape ] [ MIT ] [ mo ] [ mod ] [ Mode ] [ mode ] [ module ] [ mp ] [ na ] [ ne ] [ net ] [ network ] [ networking ] [ ng ] [ nl ] [ no ] [ ns ] [ O ] [ pe ] [ ph ] [ ping ] [ pl ] [ pt ] [ query ] [ rc ] [ re ] [ rl ] [ ro ] [ route ] [ router ] [ s ] [ sa ] [ se ] [ si ] [ sk ] [ so ] [ sound ] [ spec ] [ st ] [ storage ] [ T ] [ tap ] [ tape ] [ tape drive ] [ tar ] [ tc ] [ th ] [ to ] [ tr ] [ trap ] [ tt ] [ tw ] [ type ] [ ua ] [ us ] [ ve ] [ vi ]
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