farming

adj : "an agrarian (or agricultural) society"; "farming

communities" [syn: {agrarian}, {agricultural}, {farming(a)}]

n 1: the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock [syn:

{agriculture}, {husbandry}]

2: working the land as an occupation or way of life; "farming

is a strenuous life"; "there's no work on the land any

more" [syn: {land}]

farming

[Adelaide University, Australia] What the heads of a disk

drive are said to do when they plow little furrows in the

magnetic media. Associated with a {head crash}. Typically

used as follows: "Oh no, the machine has just crashed; I hope

the hard drive hasn't gone {farming} again."

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