Computer bought the farm

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A computer bought the farm message is an error message displayed on GNU Hurd when one of the servers that provide kernel-like functions reaches a "hopeless" situation (after which it is usually terminated). This is a rough equivalent of a kernel panic in monolithic Unix-like kernels.

Its corresponding error code in the GNU C library is EIEIO.

"Bought the farm" is a phrase of uncertain derivation[1] referring to death.

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  1. ^ Urban Legends Reference Pages: Language (Buy the Farm) on snopes.com
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