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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>drop on the floor</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="drool-proof-paper.html" title="drool-proof paper"/><link rel="next" href="drop-ins.html" title="drop-ins"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">drop on the floor</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="drool-proof-paper.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">D</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="drop-ins.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="drop-on-the-floor"/><dt xmlns="" id="drop-on-the-floor"><b>drop on the floor</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">vt.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> To react to an error condition by silently discarding messages or
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other valuable data. “<span class="quote">The gateway ran out of memory, so it just
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started dropping packets on the floor.</span>” Also frequently used of
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faulty mail and netnews relay sites that lose messages. See also
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<a href="../B/black-hole.html"><i class="glossterm">black hole</i></a>,
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