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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>catatonic</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../C.html" title="C"/><link rel="previous" href="cat.html" title="cat"/><link rel="next" href="cathedral.html" title="cathedral"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">catatonic</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="cat.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">C</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="cathedral.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="catatonic"/><dt xmlns="" id="catatonic"><b>catatonic</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">adj.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> Describes a condition of suspended animation in which something is
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so <a href="../W/wedged.html"><i class="glossterm">wedged</i></a> or <a href="../H/hung.html"><i class="glossterm">hung</i></a> that it
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makes no response. If you are typing on a terminal and suddenly the
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computer doesn't even echo the letters back to the screen as you type, let
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alone do what you're asking it to do, then the computer is suffering from
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catatonia (possibly because it has crashed). “<span class="quote">There I was in the
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middle of a winning game of <a href="../N/nethack.html"><i class="glossterm">nethack</i></a> and it went
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catatonic on me! Aaargh!</span>” Compare
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<a href="../B/buzz.html"><i class="glossterm">buzz</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="cat.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../C.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="cathedral.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">cat<EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"><EFBFBD>cathedral</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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