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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>down</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="../D.html" title="D"/><link rel="previous" href="doubled-sig.html" title="doubled sig"/><link rel="next" href="download.html" title="download"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">down</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="doubled-sig.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">D</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="download.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="down"/><dt xmlns="" id="down"><b>down</b></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. <span class="grammar">adj.</span> Not operating.
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“<span class="quote">The up escalator is down</span>” is considered a humorous thing to
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say (unless of course you were expecting to use it), and “<span class="quote">The
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elevator is down</span>” always means “<span class="quote">The elevator isn't
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working</span>” and never refers to what floor the elevator is on. With
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respect to computers, this term has passed into the mainstream; the
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extension to other kinds of machine is still confined to techies
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(e.g. boiler mechanics may speak of a boiler being down). </p></dd><dd><p> 2. <span class="firstterm">go down</span> <span class="grammar">vi.</span> To stop functioning; usually said of the
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<a href="../S/system.html"><i class="glossterm">system</i></a>. The message from the
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<a href="../C/console.html"><i class="glossterm">console</i></a> that every hacker hates to hear from the
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operator is “<span class="quote">System going down in 5 minutes</span>”. </p></dd><dd><p> 3. <span class="firstterm">take down</span>, <span class="firstterm">bring down</span> <span class="grammar">vt.</span> To deactivate purposely, usually for repair
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work or <a href="../P/PM.html"><i class="glossterm">PM</i></a>. “<span class="quote">I'm taking the system down to
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work on that bug in the tape drive.</span>” Occasionally one hears the word
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<span class="firstterm">down</span> by itself used as a verb in this
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<span class="grammar">vt.</span> sense.</p></dd><dd><p>See <a href="../C/crash.html"><i class="glossterm">crash</i></a>; oppose
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