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)
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