killer poke
killer poke · killer pokes
Any method of inducing physical harm to a computer or peripheral by software means,…Any method of inducing physical harm to a computer or peripheral by software means, especially by inserting invalid values into a control register or by building up harmonic oscillations in a hard disk, etc.
UK/ˈkɪlə(ɹ)pəʊk/US/ˈkɪlɚ poʊk/
Meaning
1 sensesAny method of inducing physical harm to a computer or peripheral by software means, especially by inserting invalid values into a control register or by building up harmonic oscillations in a hard disk, etc.
Origin
killer + poke (“the storage of a value in a memory address, typically to modify the behavikiller + poke (“the storage of a value in a memory address, typically to modify the behaviour of a computer program”).
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plural: killer pokes| Singular | killer poke |
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