warming

adj 1: imparting heat; "a warming fire"

2: producing the sensation of heat when applied to the body; "a

mustard plaster is calefacient" [syn: {calefacient}]

n 1: the process of becoming warmer; a rising temperature [syn: {heating}]

2: warm weather following a freeze; snow and ice melt [syn: {melting},

{thaw}, {thawing}]

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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