English Dictionary
◊ CORKED
corked
adj 1: sealed with a cork
2: (of wine) tainted in flavor by a cork containing excess
tannin; "a corked port" [syn: {corky}]
English Computing Dictionary
◊ DID YOU MEAN FORKED?
forked
(Unix; probably after "fucked") Terminally slow, or dead.
Originated when one system was slowed to a snail's pace by an
inadvertent {fork bomb}.
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(1994-12-14)