fepped out
<jargon> /fept owt/ The Symbolics 3600 LISP Machine has a Front-End
Processor (FEP). When the main processor gets wedged, the FEP takes control of
the keyboard and screen. Such a machine is said to have "fepped out" or "dropped
into the fep".
[Jargon File]
(1994-12-01)
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