English Explanatory Dictionary

click of death

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A clicking sound produced by the unexpected movement of the read-write actuator in a Zip drive or hard drive, associated with hardware failure.

Word forms

click of death clicks of death

Etymology

Coined in the 1990s with reference to Zip drives.

Related words

blue screen of death
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