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the system is down 

1. obligatory sample from an old sci-fi movie, often used in techno.

2. an indication that a website or network was inundated with requests to the point of breaking, resulting in a server crash.
1. doo. doo. doo. doo. the system is down. the system is down.

2. what happened to my website? the system is down, yo.
the system is down by bud newman. February 28, 2003

the system is down 

The song sung by Strong Bad when answering an e-mail from Silent J
the system is down by Silent J July 20, 2003

The system is down 

Heyy what happened to my website?
The system is down yo!