Blinkenlights
WiktionaryText
Etymology
Mock German from and ; see the Wikipedia article for history.
Noun
- The flashing lights on an electronic device that typically serve no useful purpose.
- 2007, Charles Stross, The Merchants' War
- The back of the NIRT truck was crowded with consoles and flashing panels of blinkenlights, battered laptops plastered with security inventory stickers...
- 2007, Charles Stross, The Merchants' War
- The front-panel lights on old computers.