Meaning of percussive maintenance | Babel Free

Definitions

The use of physical concussion, such as a knock or a tap, in an attempt to make a malfunctioning device work.

humorous, uncountable

Examples

“If percussive maintenance and other home remedies have failed, you should try running a general diagnostic utility. Better yet, run several.”

“Early trips reported trouble that seemed to be fixed by using a wrench to apply repeated doses of percussive maintenance.”

“There was a time when all that was required to use the office copier, printer or fax machine was the ability to fish out paper jams and a knack for percussive maintenance – known in layman's terms as a good hard thump.”

“Babies react with rage when their arms are suddenly pinned at their sides, and adults may lash out by swearing or breaking things when they hit their thumb with a hammer or are surprised by not getting what they expect (as in the technique of computer repair called percussive maintenance).”

“An example for such can be ""percussive maintenance"", which is the art of utilizing physical measures (typically physical blows, hence the name) for an item to re-function.”

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