Carltheprogrammer said:
as in replace or cancel the command sent to the mud
Ah. I see. The answer is complicated so let me start with a little story...
My mom really likes getting postcards from me, because I live in another country right now.
So every day I drop a new postcard off at the post office. There the attendant smiles, takes my postcard, walks over to a truck, puts the postcard on the truck, and the truck then drives away from the post office and over to the airport. The truck driver takes my postcard, puts it on an airplane, and then the plane takes off on its way to my mother, where a very similar process happens on her end but in reverse.
Now one day I was on my way home from the post office and I suddenly realized that I'd made a
terrible error in my postcard. Now I don't like anyone seeing me make errors, not even my mother! So I decided that I needed to go and retrieve my postcard before th... Oh no! I saw the attendant put my postcard on the truck, and then I saw the truck leave. So the truck is on its way to the airport to put the postcard on the airplane. Maybe it's even already there! Oh no! I'd better drive REALLY FAST to the airport to catch my postcard before it gets on the plane! I hope I can get there in time!
So I finally get to the airport and I can see the truck! I can see the driver loading my postcard on the airplane!
IT'S NOT TOO LATE!
I'M RUNNING!
I'M RUNNING!
JUST A LITTLE FARTHER! I CAN MAKE IT!
"STOP! DON'T TAKE MY POSTCARD!"
THEY'RE LOOKING AT ME! I CAN TELL THEY'RE GOING TO STOP!
I CAN TELL I'VE MADE IT!
*boom*
AHHHH! THEY SHOT ME! RIGHT THROUGH THE LEGS! I'M BLEEDING!
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO STOP!
I DIDN'T MAKE IT!
OH GOD! THERE'S SO MUCH BLOOD!
IT'S ALL OVER!
GOODBYE CRUEL WORLD!