1. rain dance
1. Any ceremonial action taken to correct a hardware problem, with
the expectation that nothing will be accomplished. This especially 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.” 2. Any arcane sequence of actions performed with computers or
software in order to achieve some goal; the term is usually restricted to
rituals that include both an incantation or two and
physical activity or motion. Compare magic,
voodoo programming,
black art, cargo cult programming,
wave a dead chicken; see also
casting the runes.
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