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slurp


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  slurp 
  v  :  eat  noisily 
 
  From  Jargon  File  (4.2.3,  23  NOV  2000)  [jargon]: 
 
  slurp  vt  To  read  a  large  data  file  entirely  into  {core} 
  before  working  on  it  This  may  be  contrasted  with  the  strategy  of  reading 
  a  small  piece  at  a  time,  processing  it  and  then  reading  the  next  piece. 
  "This  program  slurps  in  a  1K-by-1K  matrix  and  does  an  FFT."  See  also 
  {sponge}. 
 
 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  slurp 
 
  To  read  a  large  data  file  entirely  into  {core}  before  working 
  on  it  This  may  be  contrasted  with  the  strategy  of  reading  a 
  small  piece  at  a  time,  processing  it  and  then  reading  the 
  next  piece.  "This  program  slurps  in  a  1K-by-1K  matrix  and 
  does  an  FFT."  See  also  {sponge}. 
 
  [{Jargon  File}] 
 
 




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