CONTROL-C


Meaning of CONTROL-C in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ vi. ]

1. "Stop whatever you are doing." From the interrupt character used on many operating systems to abort a running program. Considered silly. 2. interj. Among BSD Unix hackers, the canonical humorous response to "Give me a break!"

Jargon File English vocabulary.      Английский словарь жаргона.