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From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:
FOD /fod/ v. [Abbreviation for 'Finger of Death', originally a spell-name from fantasy gaming] To terminate with extreme prejudice and with no regard for other people. From {MUD}s where the wizard command 'FOD ' results in the immediate and total death of , usually as punishment for obnoxious behavior. This usage migrated to other circumstances, such as "I'm going to fod the process that is burning all the cycles." Compare {gun}.
In aviation, FOD means Foreign Object Damage, e.g., what happens when a jet engine sucks up a rock on the runway or a bird in flight. Finger of Death is a distressingly apt description of what this generally does to the engine.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
FOD /fod/ [Abbreviation for "Finger of Death", originally a spell-name from fantasy gaming] To terminate with extreme prejudice and with no regard for other people. From {MUD}s where the wizard command "FOD " results in the immediate and total death of , usually as punishment for obnoxious behaviour. This usage migrated to other circumstances, such as "I'm going to fod the process that is burning all the cycles." Compare {gun}. In aviation, FOD means Foreign Object Damage, e.g. what happens when a jet engine sucks up a rock on the runway or a bird in flight. Finger of Death is a distressingly apt description of what this generally does to the engine. [{Jargon File}]
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
FOD Flexible Optical Disk (OD)
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