i believe you're referring to a comment that says "kick watchdog." most videogame hardware contains watchdog circuitry. every so often, the software has to no

i believe you're referring to a comment that says "kick watchdog." most videogame hardware contains watchdog circuitry. every so often, the software has to notify the watchdog hardware that it's still alive. if the hardware doesn't get the notification within the time allotted, it assumes the software is hung and reboots.