Drop-ins

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

  drop-ins n. [prob. by analogy with {drop-outs}] Spurious characters
     appearing on a terminal or console as a result of line noise or a system
     malfunction of some sort. Esp. used when these are interspersed with
     one's own typed input. Compare {drop-outs}, sense 2.
  
  



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

  drop-ins
       
          [analogy with {drop-outs}] Spurious characters appearing on a
          terminal or console as a result of {line noise} or a system
          malfunction of some sort.  Especially used when these are
          interspersed with one's own typed input.
       
          [{Jargon File}]