fepped out

fepped out /fept owt/ adj.  The Symbolics 3600 LISP
   Machine has a Front-End Processor called a `FEP' (compare sense 2
   of {box}).  When the main processor gets {wedged}, the FEP
   takes control of the keyboard and screen.  Such a machine is said
   to have `fepped out' or `dropped into the fep'.



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