gaming

n : the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning

(including the payment of a price for a chance to win a

prize); "his gambling cost him a fortune"; "there was

heavy play at the blackjack table" [syn: {gambling}, {play}]

farming

[Adelaide University, Australia] What the heads of a disk

drive are said to do when they plow little furrows in the

magnetic media. Associated with a {head crash}. Typically

used as follows: "Oh no, the machine has just crashed; I hope

the hard drive hasn't gone {farming} again."

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