What is guru meditation?

Guru meditation is an error message that appears on older models of the Commodore Amiga personal computer when the system encounters a fatal error. The message is displayed in a full-screen black and white display and typically includes a number that corresponds to the specific error that occurred.

The term "guru meditation" was coined by the developers of the Amiga operating system and is a humorous reference to the state of deep concentration or meditation that a guru (spiritual leader or teacher) might enter into. In the context of the Amiga, it refers to the computer system being stuck in a frozen state and unable to recover from the error.

Guru meditation errors can be caused by a variety of issues, such as hardware failures, software bugs, or conflicts between different programs. When a guru meditation error occurs, the user typically has to reboot the system to clear the error and resume normal operation.

While the Commodore Amiga computer is no longer in widespread use, the term guru meditation has become a nostalgic reminder of early computing systems and the quirky error messages they often displayed.