from
Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)
FOD
/fod/, v.
[Abbreviation for `Finger of Death', originally a spell-name from
fantasy gaming] To terminate with extreme prejudice and with no regard
for other people. From {MUD}s where the wizard command `FOD <player>'
results in the immediate and total death of <player>, usually as
punishment for obnoxious behavior. This usage migrated to other
circumstances, such as "I'm going to fod the process that is burning
all the cycles."
In aviation, FOD means Foreign Object Damage, e.g., what happens when
a jet engine sucks up a rock on the runway or a bird in flight. Finger
of Death is a distressingly apt description of what this generally
does to the engine.
from
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
FOD
/fod/ [Abbreviation for "Finger of Death", originally a
spell-name from fantasy gaming] To terminate with extreme
prejudice and with no regard for other people. From {MUDs}
where the wizard command "FOD <player>" results in the
immediate and total death of <player>, usually as punishment
for obnoxious behaviour. This usage migrated to other
circumstances, such as "I'm going to fod the process that is
burning all the cycles." Compare {gun}.
In aviation, FOD means Foreign Object Damage, e.g. what happens
when a jet engine sucks up a rock on the runway or a bird in
flight. Finger of Death is a distressingly apt description of
what this generally does to the engine.
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