drop on the floor

2 definitions found

drop on the floor - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  drop on the floor
  
     To react to an error condition by silently discarding messages
     or other valuable data.  "The gateway ran out of memory, so it
     just started dropping packets on the floor."  Also frequently
     used of faulty mail and netnews relay sites that lose
     messages.  See also black hole, bit bucket.
  

drop on the floor - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  drop on the floor
   vt.
  
     To react to an error condition by silently discarding messages or
     other valuable data. "The gateway ran out of memory, so it just
     started dropping packets on the floor." Also frequently used of
  faulty
     mail and netnews relay sites that lose messages. See also black hole
     , bit bucket.