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big red switch
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big red switch
(foldoc) | Big Red Switch
BRS
(BRS) IBM jargon for the power switch on a computer,
especially the "Emergency Pull" switch on an IBM mainframe or
the power switch on an IBM PC where it really is large and red.
"This !@%$% bitty box is hung again; time to hit the Big Red
Switch."
It is alleged that the emergency pull switch on an IBM 360/91
actually fired a non-conducting bolt into the main power feed; the
BRSes on more recent mainframes physically drop a block into place
so that they can't be pushed back in. People get fired for
pulling them, especially inappropriately (see also molly-guard).
Compare power cycle, three-finger salute, 120 reset; see
also scram switch.
[Jargon File]
(2014-08-10)
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big red switch
(jargon) | Big Red Switch
n.
[IBM] The power switch on a computer, esp. the ‘Emergency Pull’ switch on
an IBM mainframe or the power switch on an IBM PC where it really is
large and red. “This !@%$% bitty box is hung again; time to hit the Big
Red Switch.” Sources at IBM report that, in tune with the company's passion
for TLAs, this is often abbreviated as BRS (this has also become
established on FidoNet and in the PC clone world). It is alleged that the
emergency pull switch on an IBM 360/91 actually fired a non-conducting bolt
into the main power feed; the BRSes on more recent mainframes physically
drop a block into place so that they can't be pushed back in. People get
fired for pulling them, especially inappropriately (see also {molly-guard
}). Compare power cycle, three-finger salute; see also scram switch.
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big red switch
(czen) | Big Red Switch,BRS[zkr.] |
big red switch
(foldoc) | Big Red Switch
BRS
(BRS) IBM jargon for the power switch on a computer,
especially the "Emergency Pull" switch on an IBM mainframe or
the power switch on an IBM PC where it really is large and red.
"This !@%$% bitty box is hung again; time to hit the Big Red
Switch."
It is alleged that the emergency pull switch on an IBM 360/91
actually fired a non-conducting bolt into the main power feed; the
BRSes on more recent mainframes physically drop a block into place
so that they can't be pushed back in. People get fired for
pulling them, especially inappropriately (see also molly-guard).
Compare power cycle, three-finger salute, 120 reset; see
also scram switch.
[Jargon File]
(2014-08-10)
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big red switch
(jargon) | Big Red Switch
n.
[IBM] The power switch on a computer, esp. the ‘Emergency Pull’ switch on
an IBM mainframe or the power switch on an IBM PC where it really is
large and red. “This !@%$% bitty box is hung again; time to hit the Big
Red Switch.” Sources at IBM report that, in tune with the company's passion
for TLAs, this is often abbreviated as BRS (this has also become
established on FidoNet and in the PC clone world). It is alleged that the
emergency pull switch on an IBM 360/91 actually fired a non-conducting bolt
into the main power feed; the BRSes on more recent mainframes physically
drop a block into place so that they can't be pushed back in. People get
fired for pulling them, especially inappropriately (see also {molly-guard
}). Compare power cycle, three-finger salute; see also scram switch.
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