maximum Maytag mode
<storage, humour> (From the US brand of washing machine) What a washing
machine or, by extension, any hard disk is in when it's being used so heavily
that it's shaking like an old Maytag with an unbalanced load. If prolonged for
any length of time, can lead to disks becoming walking drives.
[Jargon File]
(1997-07-22)
Nearby terms:
maximal free expression « maximin « MAXIMOP « maximum
Maytag mode » maximum seek time » maximum segment size »
Maximum Transmission Unit
