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Computing | Sorcerer's apprentice mode n. [from Goethe's "Der Zauberlehrling" via Paul Dukas's "L'apprenti sorcier" in the film "Fantasia".] A bug in a protocol where, under some circumstances, the receipt of a message causes multiple messages to be sent, each of which, when received, triggers the same bug. Used esp. of such behavior caused by bounce message loops in email software. Compare broadcast storm, network meltdown, software laser, ARMM. Source: Jargon File. |
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In the poem and film a sorcerer's apprentice, left alone, tries out a spell to make a broom fetch water for him. Unfortunately he has forgotten the spell that makes the broom stop. In desperation, the house filling with water, he attacks the broom with an axe; but it simply splits into two brooms, both of which continue to fetch water.
Compare broadcast storm, network meltdown, software laser, ARMM, infinite loop.
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Crosswords: SORCERER'S APPRENTICE MODE |
| Specialty definitions using "SORCERER'S APPRENTICE MODE": software laser. (references) |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 4F 52 43 45 52 45 52 27 53 41 50 50 52 45 4E 54 49 43 45 4D 4F 44 45 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01001111 01010010 01000011 01000101 01010010 01000101 01010010 00100111 01010011 00100000 01000001 01010000 01010000 01010010 01000101 01001110 01010100 01001001 01000011 01000101 00100000 01001101 01001111 01000100 01000101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S O R C E R E R ' S   A P P R E N T I C E   M O D E |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 004F 0052 0043 0045 0052 0045 0052 0027 0053 0041 0050 0050 0052 0045 004E 0054 0049 0043 0045 004D 004F 0044 0045 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5349523739523952953235505052394854433739247493839 |
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