[from `hung up'; common] Equivalent to {wedged}, but more common at
Unix/C sites. Not generally used of people. Syn. with {locked up},
{wedged}; compare {hosed}. See also {hang}. A hung state is
distinguished from {crash}ed or {down}, where the program or system
is also unusable but because it is not running rather than because it
is waiting for something. However, the recovery from both situations
is often the same. It is also distinguished from the similar but more
drastic state {wedged} -- hung software can be woken up with easy
things like interrupt keys, but wedged will need a kill -9 or even
reboot.
[glossary]
[Reference(s) to this entry by made by: {brick}{catatonic}{hang}{locked up}{power cycle}{wedged}]