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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
rain dance
n 1: a ritual dance intended to bring rain
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2. The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003) |
rain dance
n.
1. Any ceremonial action taken to correct a hardware problem, with the
expectation that nothing will be accomplished. This especially applies to
reseating printed circuit boards, reconnecting cables, etc. ?I can't boot
up the machine. We'll have to wait for Greg to do his rain dance.?
2. Any arcane sequence of actions performed with computers or software in
order to achieve some goal; the term is usually restricted to rituals that
include both an incantation or two and physical activity or motion.
Compare magic, voodoo programming, black art, cargo cult programming
, wave a dead chicken; see also casting the runes.
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3. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018) |
rain dance
1. Any ceremonial action taken to correct a hardware problem,
with the expectation that nothing will be accomplished. This
especially applies to reseating printed circuit boards,
reconnecting cables, etc. "I can't boot up the machine.
We'll have to wait for Greg to do his rain dance."
2. Any arcane sequence of actions performed with computers or
software in order to achieve some goal; the term is usually
restricted to rituals that include both an incantation or
two and physical activity or motion.
Compare magic, voodoo programming, black art, cargo
cult programming, wave a dead chicken.
[Jargon File]
(1995-02-09)
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