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Bro·ken Arrow   (brō'kən)   
A city of northeast Oklahoma, a suburb of Tulsa. Population: 88,300.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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The error code displayed on line 25 of a IBM 3270 terminal (or a terminal emulator emulating a 3270) for various kinds of protocol violations and "unexpected" error conditions (including connection to a down computer). On a PC, simulated with "->/_", with the two centre characters overstruck.
"Broken arrow" is also military jargon for an accident involving nuclear weapons.
[The Jargon File]
(1995-02-07)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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