block
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 | This is the JargonFile (V4.00) entry for block - Next: block transfer computations, Prev: BLOB |
| :block: /v./ [from process scheduling terminology in OS theory] 1. /vi./ To delay or sit idle while waiting for something. "Were blocking until everyone gets here." Compare busy-wait. 2. block on /vt./ To block, waiting for (something). "Lunch is blocked on Phils arrival." | |
| * (text is auto-included via JargonExtension by mutante using jargon with VERSION 4.0.0, 24 JUL 1996 - JargonFile by Eric S. Raymond is in the public domain) | |
