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Barf

Barf: 1. The literal meaning is to vomit.; 2. In slang barf means to break or become broken. It is used to indicate a situation where a device stops working. When it stops working, it Barfs.
For example, if a network card failed when dealing with packets over a certain size then it would be said to barf at large packets.

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