1 - When a computer system shuts down and stops operation, usualyl without the operator wanting it to happen.
2 - A protected program.
3 - A file that has been changed by the OS so that it cannot be changed or deleted; often very easy to unlock.
4 - A floppy disk which has been physically locked to prevent accidental alteration or to prevent stupid people from modifying the contents.
2 - A protected program.
3 - A file that has been changed by the OS so that it cannot be changed or deleted; often very easy to unlock.
4 - A floppy disk which has been physically locked to prevent accidental alteration or to prevent stupid people from modifying the contents.
The system is locked.
by Larstait November 06, 2003
A way of representing information that uses a continuous range of values. Opposite of digital-- while a CD is digital, a tape is analog; while a computer is digital, an abacus is analog.
by LarstaiT November 06, 2003
by Larstait November 20, 2003
One of the few interesting hardcore punk/metal Christian bands around. Their latest album is the best/hardest.
by LarstaiT January 12, 2004
An icon which represents a user in a virtual reality/Internet setting, currently attempted with varying success. The term is adopted from Neal Stephenson; another word used for the same concept is Rudy Rucker's term "tuxedo."
First used from an Internet perspective in 1992 in SNOW CRASH, by Neal Stephenson, in one of those self-fulfilling SF prophecies. Stephenson got the name from the Hindu concept of avatars, which are the personification of various deities or entities.
by LarstaiT November 06, 2003
When someone does something and they are fat while doing it. Does not matter what you're doing.
See wordFattin' Around/word
See wordFattin' Around/word
by larstait October 27, 2003