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As computers became more ubiquitous, the trope faded from the public consciousness. ([[Real Life]] 21st-century mainframes don't even have diagnostic lights any more, at least not where people can see them.) Nowadays it's used in works that purposefully invoke [[Zeerust]], always paired with [[Beeping Computers]]. |
As computers became more ubiquitous, the trope faded from the public consciousness. ([[Real Life]] 21st-century mainframes don't even have diagnostic lights any more, at least not where people can see them.) Nowadays it's used in works that purposefully invoke [[Zeerust]], always paired with [[Beeping Computers]]. |
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[[Wikipedia]] has a page about [[wikipedia:Blinkenlights|Blinkenlights]]. [[The Jargon File]] has [http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/B/blinkenlights.html a page about them], too. And [https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=blinkenlights so does] the [[Urban Dictionary]]. |
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Not to be confused with illumination for [[Nursery Rhyme|Winken, Blinken and Nod]]. |
Not to be confused with illumination for [[Nursery Rhyme|Winken, Blinken and Nod]]. |
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* [[Wikipedia]] has a page about [[wikipedia:Blinkenlights|Blinkenlights]]. |
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** [[The Jargon File]] has [http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/B/blinkenlights.html a page about them], too. |
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** And [https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=blinkenlights so does] the [[Urban Dictionary]]. |
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== [[Newspaper Comics]] == |
== [[Newspaper Comics]] == |
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