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 FLAP v. To unload a DECtape (so it goes flap, flap, flap...). Old
       hackers at MIT tell of the days when the disk was device 0 and
       microtapes were 1, 2,... and attempting to flap device 0 would instead
       start a motor banging inside a cabinet near the disk!