hose: 1. vt. [common] To make non-functional or greatly
degraded in performance. "That big ray-tracing program really hoses
the system." See hosed. 2. n. A narrow channel through which
data flows under pressure. Generally denotes data paths that
represent performance bottlenecks. 3. n. Cabling, especially thick
Ethernet cable. This is sometimes called `bit hose' or `hosery'
(play on `hosiery') or `etherhose'. See also washing machine.
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