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・ hopfield network
・ horizontal application
・ horizontal encoding
・ horizontal loop combination
・ horizontal microcode
・ horizontal scan rate
・ horizontal tabulation
・ horn clause
・ hos-stpl
・ hose
hosed
・ host
・ host adaptor
・ host command facility
・ host control interface
・ host number
・ host-host layer
・ hostname
・ hosts file
・ hot fix


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hosed
A somewhat humorous variant of "down", used primarily by Unix hackers. "Hosed" implies a condition thought to be relatively easy to reverse. It is also widely used of people in the mainstream sense of "in an extremely unfortunate situation". The term was popularised by fighter pilots refering to being hosed by machine gun fire (date?). Usage in hackerdom dates back to CMU in the 1970s or earlier.
{"Acronyms and Abbreviations" from UCC, Ireland (http://ucc.ie/cgi-bin/acronym)} expands it as "Hardware Or Software Error Detected", though this is probably a back-formation.
The Jargon File version 4.1.4 1999-06-17 says that it was probably derived from the Canadian slang "hoser" (meaning "a man, esp. one who works at a job that uses physical rather than mental skills and whose habits are slightly offensive but amusing").
One correspondant speculates about an allusion to a hose-like body part.
Once upon a time, a Cray that had been experiencing periodic diffic


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