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  2. Click of death - Wikipedia

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    Click of death is a term that had become common in the late 1990s referring to the clicking sound in disk storage systems that signals a disk drive has failed, often catastrophically. [1] The clicking sound itself arises from the unexpected movement of the disk's read/write actuator. At startup, and during use, the disk head must move correctly ...

  3. Click consonant - Wikipedia

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    This sound starts off as a typical click, but the action is reversed and it is the rear velar or uvular closure that is released, drawing in air from the throat and nasal passages. Clicks occasionally turn up elsewhere, as in the special registers twins sometimes develop with each other.

  4. Click (acoustics) - Wikipedia

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    In speech recording, click noises (not to be confused with click consonants) result from tongue movements, swallowing, mouth and saliva noises. [8] While in voice-over recordings, click noises are undesirable, they can be used as a sound effect of close-miking in ASMR and pop music, e.g. in Bad Guy (2019) by Billie Eilish. [9]

  5. Power-on self-test - Wikipedia

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    Macs made after 1987 but prior to 1998, upon failing the POST, will immediately halt with a "death chime", which is a sound that varies by model; it can be a simple beep, a car crash sound, the sound of shattering glass, a short musical tone, or more. On the screen, if working, will be the Sad Mac icon, along with two hexadecimal strings, which ...

  6. Finger snapping - Wikipedia

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    A video of finger snapping Alternative snapping technique. Snapping (or clicking) one's fingers is the act of creating a snapping or clicking sound with one's fingers. . Primarily, this is done by building tension between the thumb and another (middle, index, or ring) finger and then moving the other finger forcefully downward, so it hits the palm of the same hand at a h

  7. List of features removed in Windows XP - Wikipedia

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    The Microsoft Sound, as well as Windows 2000's startup and shutdown sounds under the names Windows Logon Sound and Windows Logoff Sound respectively were removed in favor of the new startup and shutdown sounds introduced with Windows XP. It is no longer possible to save or delete schemes under the Appearance tab of Display Properties.

  8. Macintosh startup - Wikipedia

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    The startup sequence provides auditory and visual symbols of the computer's status and condition as it powers up, providing users with immediate feedback on the machine's soundness. Additionally, they allow the user to quickly identify any potential problems and take any appropriate actions to rectify faults.

  9. Tongue popping - Wikipedia

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    [Tongue pops] This is drag. In order to do drag, you have to learn how to do this ... And that’s different from a tongue click, which is a different mechanism, and the differentiation is very important." [5] Aquaria, [6] Cardi B, [7] Tamar Braxton [8] and Laganja Estranja are also notorious for the skill. [9]