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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> </td><th width="60%" align="center">C</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <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
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
makes no response. If you are typing on a terminal and suddenly the
computer doesn't even echo the letters back to the screen as you type, let
alone do what you're asking it to do, then the computer is suffering from
catatonia (possibly because it has crashed). &#8220;<span class="quote">There I was in the
middle of a winning game of <a href="../N/nethack.html"><i class="glossterm">nethack</i></a> and it went
catatonic on me! Aaargh!</span>&#8221; Compare
<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> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../C.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="cathedral.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">cat </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> cathedral</td></tr></table></div></body></html>