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Barf

Barf
1. The literal meaning of barf is to vomit.
2. In slang barf means to break or become broken.

The term Barf is used to indicate a situation where a device stops working. When it stops working, it Barfs.

For example, if a network card failed when dealing with packets over a certain size then it would be said to barf at large packets.