FLASH LIGHTS IMPRESSIVELY
\flˈaʃ lˈa͡ɪts ɪmpɹˈɛsɪvli], \flˈaʃ lˈaɪts ɪmpɹˈɛsɪvli], \f_l_ˈa_ʃ l_ˈaɪ_t_s ɪ_m_p_ɹ_ˈɛ_s_ɪ_v_l_i]\
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(FLI) /FLY/ A joke assemblylanguage instruction first documented in the late 1970s in"The Hackers Dictionary".The FLI instruction was frequently referred to by engineerswhen minicomputers such as the DEC PDP-8, PDP-11 andsome early microcomputers such as the IMSAI and Altairhad dozens of front panel lights."When the computer is about to do some long I/O operation,stick in a FLI so the accountants won't think the machine hashung again."
By Denis Howe
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