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PANIC (pan•ik): n. 1. a sudden overpowering terror, often affecting several people at once. 2. a state of unreasonable terror or anxiety over anticipated events. 3. a state that a UNIX kernel enters when critical consistency checks fail and the kernel can no longer operate normally. 4. Physics and Astronomy Network Infrastructure and Computing: your solution to 1, 2, and 3.
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“On two occasions I have been asked [by members of Parliament],
'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will
the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend
the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.” - Charles Babbage
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