[1] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

drop on the floor vt. to react to an error condition by silently
   discarding messages or other valuable data. "the gateway ran out of
   memory, so it just started dropping packets on the floor." also
   frequently used of faulty mail and netnews relay sites that lose
   messages. see also black hole, bit bucket.


see also:
black hole bit bucket 

[2] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

drop on the floor
     
        to react to an error condition by silently discarding messages
        or other valuable data.  "the gateway ran out of memory, so it
        just started dropping packets on the floor."  also frequently
        used of faulty mail and netnews relay sites that lose
        messages.  see also black hole, bit bucket.
     
     
see also:
black hole bit bucket 

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