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  2. Scroll Lock - Wikipedia

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    Pressing the Scroll Lock key in the Linux console while the text is scrolling through the screen freezes the console output (but not input) during which no further text is sent to the screen, while the program continues running as usual, or become blocked at the write syscall when too much data prevented from reaching the terminal caused the tty's output queue to become full and the tty file ...

  3. Hang (computing) - Wikipedia

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    In many cases programs may appear to be hung, but are making slow progress, and waiting a few minutes will allow the task to complete. Modern operating systems provide a mechanism for terminating hung processes, for instance, with the Unix kill command, or through a graphical means such as the Task Manager's "end task" button in Windows (select the particular process in the list and press "end ...

  4. Flicker (screen) - Wikipedia

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    The flicker of a CRT monitor can cause various symptoms in those sensitive to it such as eye strain, headaches [9] in migraine sufferers, and seizures in epileptics. [10]As the flicker is most clearly seen at the edge of our vision there is no obvious risk in using a CRT, but prolonged use can cause a sort of retinal shock where the flickering is seen even when looking away from the monitor.

  5. Magic SysRq key - Wikipedia

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    Forcibly "just thaw it" – filesystems frozen by the FIFREEZE ioctl. j: h: j: n: Kill all processes on the current virtual console (can kill X and SVGAlib programs, see below) This was originally designed to imitate a secure attention key: k: t: k: e: Shows a stack backtrace for all active CPUs. l: n: l: i: Output current memory information to ...

  6. Got new electronics for the holidays? Here's what to do first

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    In order to protect and enhance them, it's important that you have some quality accessories, like a laptop bag or backpack, messenger bag, laptop sleeve, portable hard drive, headphones, webcam ...

  7. Pointing device gesture - Wikipedia

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    The mouse gesture for "back" in Opera – the user holds down the right mouse button, moves the mouse left, and releases the right mouse button.. In computing, a pointing device gesture or mouse gesture (or simply gesture) is a way of combining pointing device or finger movements and clicks that the software recognizes as a specific computer event and responds to accordingly.

  8. 80-year-old died a month after bed trapped her against a wall ...

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    An 80-year-old woman died one month after her Sleep Number bed suddenly moved without warning and trapped her against a wall for two days last year, a new lawsuit alleges.

  9. Mouse jiggler - Wikipedia

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    A mechanical mouse jiggler for an Apple mouse. A mouse jiggler is a software used to simulate the movement of a computer mouse. [1] [2] It can also be a mechanical device moving the physical computer mouse. In all cases, it prevents sleep mode, standby mode or the screensaver from activating. Mouse jigglers are also known as mouse movers. [3]