warning

adj : serving to warn; "shook a monitory finger at him"; "an

exemplary jail sentence" [syn: {admonitory}, {cautionary},

{exemplary}, {monitory}, {warning(a)}]

n 1: a message informing of danger

2: cautionary advice [syn: {admonition}, {word of advice}]

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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