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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>casters-up mode</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="case-mod.html" title="case mod"/><link rel="next" href="casting-the-runes.html" title="casting the runes"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">casters-up mode</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="case-mod.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">C</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="casting-the-runes.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="casters-up-mode"/><dt xmlns="" id="casters-up-mode"><b>casters-up mode</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [IBM, prob. fr. slang <span class="firstterm">belly
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up</span>] Yet another synonym for ‘broken’ or
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‘down’. Usually connotes a major failure. A system (hardware
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or software) which is <span class="firstterm">down</span> may be
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already being restarted before the failure is noticed, whereas one which is
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<span class="firstterm">casters up</span> is usually a good excuse
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to take the rest of the day off (as long as you're not responsible for
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