Ohnosecond

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

  ohnosecond
       
           (Presumably a play on "{nanosecond}") The
          miniscule time it takes to realize that you've just made a BIG
          mistake like typing rm -rf * in the wrong directory.
       


          Seen in Elizabeth P. Crowe's book, "The Electronic Traveller."
       
          (1998-08-27)