killer pokes

A form of killer poke — Any method of inducing physical harm to a computer or peripheral by software means, especially by inserting invalid values into a control register or by building up harmonic oscillations in a hard disk, etc.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of killer poke
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