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| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Crash and burn vi.,n. A spectacular crash, in the mode of the conclusion of the car-chase scene in the movie "Bullitt" and many subsequent imitators (compare die horribly). Sun-3 monitors losing the flyback transformer and lightning strikes on VAX-11/780 backplanes are notable crash and burn generators. The construction `crash-and-burn machine' is reported for a computer used exclusively for alpha or beta testing, or reproducing bugs (i.e., not for development). The implication is that it wouldn't be such a disaster if that machine crashed, since only the testers would be inconvenienced. Source: Jargon File. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: CRASH AND BURN |
| Specialty definitions using "CRASH AND BURN": die horribly ♦ fireworks mode. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Crash and burn, Casey. (The Faculty; writing credit: David Wechter; Bruce Kimmel) | |
Lyrics | If you need to crash then crash and burn (Crash and Burn; performing artist: Savage Garden) You crash and burn (That's The Way; performing artist: Jo Dee Messina) | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
crash and burn | 95 |
crash and burn savage garden | 12 |
savage garden crash and burn mp3 | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-d-h-n-n-r-r-s-u" | |
-4 letters: bahadurs, barchans, carbarns, handcars, sandburr, subahdar. | |
-5 letters: anarchs, anchusa, anurans, bahadur, barchan, canards, carbarn, chadars, curaras, currans, darshan, dharnas, dhurnas, durbars, handcar, husband, randans, sandbar, sandbur, subadar, unhands. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 52 41 53 48 41 4E 44 42 55 52 4E |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01010010 01000001 01010011 01001000 00100000 01000001 01001110 01000100 00100000 01000010 01010101 01010010 01001110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C R A S H   A N D   B U R N |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0052 0041 0053 0048 0041 004E 0044 0042 0055 0052 004E |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)37523553422354838236555248 |
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