catatonia

noun2

1. •
   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) 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. — 1998