Hung is used like that outside computing. For example in the terms "hung jury" and "hung parliament". I have no idea how this word became common in computing though.
The real reason is because most of the concepts surrounding multi-process computing come from the telephone industry.
The modern interpretation is that system operators need to feel like they have a big penis.
Re:Redis 4.0
by jimktrains2 on Friday July 14, 2017 @02:53PM
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> The real reason is because most of the concepts surrounding multi-process computing come from the telephone industry.
ah
> The modern interpretation is that system operators need to feel like they have a big penis.
I actually didn't even think of it in that regard. I regard hung as in something that is hanging (dangling) from something else.
On a serious note, I've never actually understood where the term "hung" comes from in computing. Why is the process "hung" and not simply "stalled" or something else.