Control-C

2 definitions found

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  control-C vi. 1. "Stop whatever you are doing." From the interrupt
     character used on many operating systems to abort a running program.
     Considered silly. 2. interj. Among BSD Unix hackers, the canonical
     humorous response to "Give me a break!"
  
  



From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  control-C
       
           (Or ETX, End of Text) The {ASCII} character with
          code 3.
       
          Control-C is the interrupt character used on many {operating
          system}s, including {Unix} and {MS-DOS} to abort a running
          program.
       
          Among {BSD} {Unix} hackers, the canonical humorous response
          to "Give me a break!" is "Control C".
       
          [{Jargon File}]
       
          (1995-03-16)