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• Percussive maintenance — or percussion therapy, also known as a technical tap, is a term used to describe hitting a malfunctioning device in order to make it work correctly again. The origins of the term are unknown, nor how far back the practice dates, although… …   Wikipedia

• percussive maintenance — n. Attempting to solve a mechanical or electrical problem by hitting or kicking the failed device. Example Citation: There was a time when all that was required to use the office copier, printer or fax machine was the ability to fish out paper… …   New words

• Percussive\ Maintenance — The fine art of whacking the crap out of an electronic device to get it to work again …   Dictionary of american slang

• Percussive\ Maintenance — The fine art of whacking the crap out of an electronic device to get it to work again …   Dictionary of american slang

• percussive maintenance — /pəkʌsɪv ˈmeɪntənəns/ (say puhkusiv mayntuhnuhns) noun Colloquial (humorous) the practice of attempting to restart a malfunctioning machine or device by hitting it sharply …  

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• hand tool — any tool or implement designed for manual operation. * * * Introduction  any of the implements used by craftsmen in manual operations, such as chopping, chiseling, sawing, filing, or forging. Complementary tools, often needed as auxiliaries to… …   Universalium

• Artificial pacemaker — Cardiac resynchronization therapy and CRT (Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy) redirect here. For the device termed a CRT D, see Implanted cardiac resynchronization device. For other uses, see Pacemaker (disambiguation). A pacemaker, scale in… …   Wikipedia

• Player piano — The player piano is a self playing piano, containing a pneumatic mechanism that plays on the piano action pre programmed music via perforated paper rolls. The rise of the player piano grew with the rise of the mass produced piano in the house and …   Wikipedia

• Thomas DeLio — (born July 1 1951) is an American experimental music composer, music theorist and author. He is currently Professor of Music in theory and composition at the University of Maryland in College Park.BiographyDeLio received bachelor and master of… …   Wikipedia

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