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rain dance
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  rain dance - a ritual dance intended to bring rainceremonial dance, ritual dance, ritual dancing - a dance that is part of a religious ritualcorn dance - a rain dance of AmerindiansHawaiian dancing, hula, hula-hula - a Polynesian rain dance performed by a woman |
rain dance
rain dance (1)Any ceremonial action taken to correct a hardware problem,with the expectation that nothing will be accomplished. Thisespecially applies to reseating printed circuit boards,reconnecting cables, etc. "I can't boot up the machine.We'll have to wait for Greg to do his rain dance."rain dance (2)Any arcane sequence of actions performed with computers orsoftware in order to achieve some goal; the term is usuallyrestricted to rituals that include both an incantation ortwo and physical activity or motion.
Compare magic, voodoo programming, black art, cargo cult programming, wave a dead chicken.rain dance
Words related to rain dancenoun a ritual dance intended to bring rainRelated Words- ceremonial dance
- ritual dance
- ritual dancing
- corn dance
- Hawaiian dancing
- hula
- hula-hula
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