Terminal question

[drew at drewtaylor.com (Drew Taylor)]

OK, this has been bugging me for ages now. I'm using PuTTY for ssh. 
Every once in a while when using emacs keystrokes I'll accidentally do 
Control-S, which results in a complete hanging of the terminal. I have 
to close the window and open another session. What is this control code 
doing, and is there a way I can turn it off?

Drew
*frustrated at doing it 2x in 2 minutes for the last time*

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