molly-guard

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- /ˈmɒli ɡɑːd/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- /ˈmɒli ɡɑːd/

Definitions of molly-guard word

noun Technical meaning of molly-guard /mol'ee-gard/ [University of Illinois] A shield to prevent tripping of some Big Red Switch by clumsy or ignorant hands. Originally used of the plexiglass covers improvised for the BRS on an IBM 4341 after a programmer's toddler daughter (named Molly) frobbed it twice in one day. Later generalised to covers over stop/reset switches on disk drives and networking equipment. 1
noun molly-guard A physical barrier to protect something from unwanted contact, especially a shield to prevent accidental tripping of an emergency shutdown or power switch. 0

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