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blinkenlights
n. (context computing slang English) The flashing lights on an electronic device such as a modem, router or network hub (originally the front-panel lights on old computers).
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Blinkenlights
Blinkenlights is a hacker's neologism for diagnostic lights usually on the front panels on old mainframe computers, minicomputers, many early microcomputers, and modern network hardware.
Blinkenlights (disambiguation)
Blinkenlights may refer to:
- Blinkenlights, a joke hacker term
- Project Blinkenlights
- Blinkenlights Archaeological Institute
Usage examples of "blinkenlights".
The LEDs (Das Blinkenlights, as they are called in the Be community) flash merrily next to my right elbow as I hit the keys.
Some German hackers have even come up with a Das Blinkenlights replacement: it's a circuit board kit that you can plug into PC-compatible machines running BeOS.