V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016):
FOD
Flexible Optical Disk (OD)
The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003):
FOD
/fod/, v.
[Abbreviation for ?Finger of Death?, originally a spell-name from fantasy
gaming] To terminate with extreme prejudice and with no regard for other
people. From MUDs where the wizard command ?FOD ? results in the
immediate and total death of , usually as punishment for obnoxious
behavior. This usage migrated to other circumstances, such as ?I'm going to
fod the process that is burning all the cycles.?
In aviation, FOD means Foreign Object Damage, e.g., what happens when a jet
engine sucks up a rock on the runway or a bird in flight. Finger of Death
is a distressingly apt description of what this generally does to the
engine.
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):
FOD
/fod/ [Abbreviation for "Finger of Death", originally a
spell-name from fantasy gaming] To terminate with extreme
prejudice and with no regard for other people. From MUDs
where the wizard command "FOD " results in the
immediate and total death of , usually as punishment
for obnoxious behaviour. This usage migrated to other
circumstances, such as "I'm going to fod the process that is
burning all the cycles." Compare gun.
In aviation, FOD means Foreign Object Damage, e.g. what happens
when a jet engine sucks up a rock on the runway or a bird in
flight. Finger of Death is a distressingly apt description of
what this generally does to the engine.
[Jargon File]