hose
1. vt. [common] To make non-functional or greatly degraded in
performance. "That big ray-tracing program really hoses the
system." See hosed. 2. n. A narrow
channel through which data flows under pressure. Generally
denotes data paths that represent performance bottlenecks. 3. n.
Cabling, especially thick Ethernet cable. This is sometimes
called `bit hose' or `hosery' (play on `hosiery') or `etherhose'.
See also washing
machine.