120 reset

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120 reset /wuhn-twen'tee ree'set/ n.

[from 120 volts, U.S. wall voltage] To cycle power on a machine in order to reset or unjam it. Compare Big Red Switch, power cycle.

--The Jargon File version 4.3.1, ed. ESR, this entry manually entered by rootbeer277.

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