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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>bounce</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="../B.html" title="B"/><link rel="previous" href="bottom-up-implementation.html" title="bottom-up implementation"/><link rel="next" href="bounce-message.html" title="bounce message"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">bounce</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="bottom-up-implementation.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">B</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="bounce-message.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="bounce"/><dt xmlns="" id="bounce"><b>bounce</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">v.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. [common; perhaps by analogy to a bouncing check] An electronic
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mail message that is undeliverable and returns an error notification to the
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sender is said to <span class="firstterm">bounce</span>. See also
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<a href="bounce-message.html"><i class="glossterm">bounce message</i></a>. </p></dd><dd><p> 2. To engage in sexual intercourse; prob.: from the expression
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‘bouncing the mattress’, but influenced by Roo's psychosexually
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loaded “<span class="quote">Try bouncing me, Tigger!</span>” from the
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<i class="citetitle">Winnie-the-Pooh</i> books. Compare
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<a href="boink.html"><i class="glossterm">boink</i></a>. </p></dd><dd><p> 3. To casually reboot a system in order to clear up a transient
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problem (possibly editing a configuration file in the process, if it is one
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that is only re-read at boot time). Reported primarily among
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<a href="../V/VMS.html"><i class="glossterm">VMS</i></a> and <a href="../U/Unix.html"><i class="glossterm">Unix</i></a> users. </p></dd><dd><p> 4. [VM/CMS programmers] <span class="emphasis"><em>Automatic</em></span> warm-start
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of a machine after an error. “<span class="quote">I logged on this morning and found it
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had bounced 7 times during the night</span>” </p></dd><dd><p> 6. [IBM] To <a href="../P/power-cycle.html"><i class="glossterm">power cycle</i></a> a peripheral in order
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to reset it.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="bottom-up-implementation.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../B.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="bounce-message.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">bottom-up implementation </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> bounce message</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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