Fod

3 definitions found

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  FOD
       Flexible Optical Disk (OD)
       
       

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



  FOD /fod/ v. [Abbreviation for `Finger of Death', originally a
     spell-name from fantasy gaming] To terminate with extreme prejudice and
     with no regard for other people. From {MUD}s where the wizard command
     `FOD ' results in the immediate and total death of ,
     usually as punishment for obnoxious behavior. This usage migrated to
     other circumstances, such as "I'm going to fod the process that is
     burning all the cycles." Compare {gun}.
  
     In aviation, FOD means Foreign Object Damage, e.g., what happens when
     a jet engine sucks up a rock on the runway or a bird in flight. Finger
     of Death is a distressingly apt description of what this generally does
     to the engine.
  
  

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

  FOD
       
          /fod/ [Abbreviation for "Finger of Death", originally a
          spell-name from fantasy gaming] To terminate with extreme
          prejudice and with no regard for other people.  From {MUD}s
          where the wizard command "FOD " results in the
          immediate and total death of , usually as punishment
          for obnoxious behaviour.  This usage migrated to other
          circumstances, such as "I'm going to fod the process that is
          burning all the cycles."  Compare {gun}.
       
          In aviation, FOD means Foreign Object Damage, e.g. what happens
          when a jet engine sucks up a rock on the runway or a bird in
          flight.  Finger of Death is a distressingly apt description of
          what this generally does to the engine.
       
          [{Jargon File}]