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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>washing machine</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="../W.html" title="W"/><link rel="previous" href="wart.html" title="wart"/><link rel="next" href="washing-software.html" title="washing software"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">washing machine</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="wart.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">W</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="washing-software.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="washing-machine"/><dt xmlns="" id="washing-machine"><b>washing machine</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. Old-style 14-inch hard disks in floor-standing cabinets. So
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called because of the size of the cabinet and the ‘top-loading’
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access to the media packs — and, of course, they were always set on
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‘spin cycle’. The washing-machine idiom transcends language
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barriers; it is even used in Russian hacker jargon. See also
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<a href="walking-drives.html"><i class="glossterm">walking drives</i></a>. The thick channel cables connecting
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these were called <span class="firstterm">bit hoses</span> (see
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<a href="../H/hose.html"><i class="glossterm">hose</i></a>, sense 3). </p><div class="mediaobject"><a id="crunchly76-02-14"/><img src="../graphics/76-02-14.png"/><div class="caption"><p/><p>(The next cartoon in the Crunchly saga is
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<a href="../B/batch.html#crunchly-2">76-02-20:2</a>. The previous
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cartoon was <a href="../B/bit-bucket.html#crunchly75-10-04">75-10-04</a>.)</p></div></div></dd><dd><p> 2. [CMU] A machine used exclusively for
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<a href="washing-software.html"><i class="glossterm">washing software</i></a>. CMU has clusters of these.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="wart.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../W.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="washing-software.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">wart </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> washing software</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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