drop-ins

2 definitions found

drop-ins - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  drop-ins
  
     [analogy with drop-outs] Spurious characters appearing on a
     terminal or console as a result of line noise or a system
     malfunction of some sort.  Especially used when these are
     interspersed with one's own typed input.
  
     [Jargon File]
  

drop-ins - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  drop-ins
   n.
  
     [prob.: by analogy with drop-outs] Spurious characters appearing on
     a terminal or console as a result of line noise or a system
     malfunction of some sort. Esp.: used when these are interspersed with
     one's own typed input. Compare drop-outs, sense 2.