catatonia

noun

1. (uncountable, usually)A severe psychiatric condition, often associated with schizophrenia, characterized by a tendency to remain in a rigid state of stupor for long periods which give way to short periods of extreme agitation.
2. (informal, uncountable, usually)A frozen, unresponsive state, as of electronic equipment.

   ““Relay that!” Thwaite shouted. Somewhere on the bridge a hand closed over a relay and dropped the AIDs into an electronic catatonia.”