molly-guard
Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- /ˈmɒli ɡɑːd/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- /ˈmɒli ɡɑːd/
Definitions of molly-guard word
- noun Technical meaning of molly-guard /mol'ee-gard/ [University of Illinois] A shield to prevent tripping of some Big Red Switch by clumsy or ignorant hands. Originally used of the plexiglass covers improvised for the BRS on an IBM 4341 after a programmer's toddler daughter (named Molly) frobbed it twice in one day. Later generalised to covers over stop/reset switches on disk drives and networking equipment. 1
- noun molly-guard A physical barrier to protect something from unwanted contact, especially a shield to prevent accidental tripping of an emergency shutdown or power switch. 0
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Parts of speech for Molly-guard
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