click of death
nounEtymology
Coined in the 1990s with reference to Zip drives.
Definitions
A clicking sound produced by the unexpected movement of the read-write actuator in a Zip…
A clicking sound produced by the unexpected movement of the read-write actuator in a Zip drive or hard drive, associated with hardware failure.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for click of death. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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