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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]].
Not to be confused with illumination for [[Nursery Rhyme|Winken, Blinken and Nod]].
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== [[New Media]] ==
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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]].
== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
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