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

vulcan nerve pinch n. from the old "star trek" tv series via commodore
   amiga hackers the keyboard combination that forces a soft-boot or jump
   to rom monitor on machines that support such a feature. on pc clones
   this is ctrl-alt-del; on suns, l1-a; on macintoshes, it is - or -- on irix,
   , which kills and restarts the
   x server, is sometimes called a vulcan nerve pinch. also called
   three-finger salute and `vulcan death grip'. at shops with a lot of
   microsoft windows machines, this is often called the `microsoft
   maneuver' because of the distressing frequency with which microsoft's
   unreliable software requires it. compare quadruple bucky.


see also:
three-finger salute quadruple bucky 

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

vulcan nerve pinch
     
         or "three-finger salute", vulcan death grip; from
        the old "star trek" tv series via commodore amiga
        hackers the keyboard combination that forces a soft boot
        or jump to rom monitor on machines that support such a
        feature.
     
        on an amiga this is done with ctrl/right amiga/left amiga; on
        ibm pcs and many microcomputers it is ctrl/alt/del; on
        suns, l1-a; on some macintoshes, it is -  silicon graphics users are obviously the most
        dextrous however, as these machines use the five-finger
        combination: left shift/left ctrl/left alt/keypad divide/f12.
     
        compare quadruple bucky.
     
        jargon file
     
        2000-04-04
     
     
see also:
commodore amiga hackers soft boot rom monitor ibm pc 
microcomputers suns macintoshes quadruple bucky jargon file 

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