Heads down

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a public domain document of hacker jargon.

heads down

Usage: adj.

heads down: adj.

Concentrating, usually so heavily and for so long that everything outside the focus area is missed. See also hack mode and larval stage, although this mode is hardly confined to fledgling hackers.

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Source: heads down, in The Jargon File, version 4.4.7.

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