spinning ball of death

the multi-colored, round, spinning icon Mac's use to indicate that a process is occuring for which the user must wait or that the computer is experiencing an error; the Mac's equivalent of the PC's hourglass icon.
"Hey, Bill. Call the Helpdesk. I'm getting the spinning ball of death again!"
by BeAtPeace December 09, 2008
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