control-C

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(idea) by Jargon (2.1 y) (print)   (I like it!) Thu Jul 19 2001 at 6:08:47
content-free = C = control-O

control-C vi.

1. "Stop whatever you are doing." From the interrupt character used on many operating systems to abort a running program. Considered silly. 2. interj. Among BSD Unix hackers, the canonical humorous response to "Give me a break!"

--The Jargon File version 4.3.1, ed. ESR, autonoded by rescdsk.

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