Hal: "Hey Fred, just so you know, I'm going to bounce the box".
Fred: "OK, I'm out of it already"
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A term used in some I.T. circles, amongst those that have been doing it for a long while, to say that they are going to restart a server.
Hal: "Hey Fred, just so you know, I'm going to bounce the box".
Fred: "OK, I'm out of it already"
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If your program crashes you need to bounce the box.
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IT slang: to reboot a computer. (Bounce = reboot, box = computer). It sounds dirty, so we like saying it.
Carla locked out her account again, so I reset her password and told her to bounce her box.
("bounce a box" -- engine won't let me submit this without exactly the same grammar... please edit this sentence out when approved--thanks!)
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