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

fandango on core n. unix/c hackers, from the iberian dance in c, a
   wild pointer that runs out of bounds, causing a core dump, or corrupts
   the `malloc3' arena in such a way as to cause mysterious failures
   later on, is sometimes said to have `done a fandango on core'. on
   low-end personal machines without an mmu or windows boxes, which have
   an mmu but use it incompetently, this can corrupt the os itself,
   causing massive lossage. other frenetic dances such as the cha-cha or
   the watusi, may be substituted. see aliasing bug, precedence
   lossage, smash the stack, memory leak, memory smash, overrun
   screw, core.


see also:
core dump arena aliasing bug precedence lossage smash the stack memory leak 
memory smash overrun screw core 

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

fandango on core
     
        unix/c, from the mexican dance in c, a wild pointer that
        runs out of bounds, causing a core dump, or corrupts the
        malloc arena in such a way as to cause mysterious failures
        later on, is sometimes said to have "done a fandango on core".
        on low-end personal machines without an mmu, this can
        corrupt the operating system itself, causing massive
        lossage.  other frenetic dances such as the rhumba, cha-cha,
        or watusi, may be substituted.
     
        see aliasing bug, precedence lossage, smash the stack,
        memory leak, memory smash, overrun screw, core.
     
        jargon file
     
        1994-12-16
     
     
see also:
c core dump malloc arena mmu operating system 
aliasing bug precedence lossage smash the stack memory leak memory smash 
overrun screw core jargon file 

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