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yoyo mode

Source: Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

	yoyo mode n. The state in which the system is said to be when it
   rapidly alternates several times between being up and being down.
   Interestingly (and perhaps not by coincidence), many hardware vendors
   give out free yoyos at Usenix exhibits.

   Sun Microsystems gave out logoized yoyos at SIGPLAN '88. Tourists
   staying at one of Atlanta's most respectable hotels were subsequently
   treated to the sight of 200 of the country's top computer scientists
   testing yo-yo algorithms in the lobby.

Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

	yoyo mode
     
         The state in which a computer is said to be when it
        rapidly alternates several times between being up and being
        down.  Interestingly (and perhaps not by coincidence), many
        hardware vendors give out free yoyos at Usenix exhibits.
     
        Sun Microsystems gave out logoised yoyos at SIGPLAN '88.
        Tourists staying at one of Atlanta's most respectable hotels
        were subsequently treated to the sight of 200 of the country's
        top computer scientists testing yo-yo algorithms in the
        lobby.
     
        [Is it "yoyo" or "yo-yo"?]
     
        [Jargon File]
     
        (1995-03-07)

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