killer poke

== English == === Etymology === killer + poke (“the storage of a value in a memory address, typically to modify the behaviour of a computer program”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɪlə(ɹ) pəʊk/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɪlɚ poʊk/ Hyphenation: kil‧ler poke === Noun === killer poke (plural killer pokes) (computing) Any method of inducing physical harm to a computer or peripheral by software means, especially by inserting invalid values into a control register or by building up harmonic oscillations in a hard disk, etc. === Further reading === killer poke on Wikipedia.Wikipedia