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scrog

scrog

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scrog  \Scrog\,  n.  [Cf.  {Scrag},  or  Gael.  sgrogag  anything 
  shriveled,  from  sgrag  to  compress,  shrivel.] 
  A  stunted  shrub,  bush,  or  branch.  [Prov.  Eng.  &  Scot.] 
 
  From  Jargon  File  (4.2.3,  23  NOV  2000)  [jargon]: 
 
  scrog  /skrog/  vt  [Bell  Labs]  To  damage,  trash,  or  corrupt  a 
  data  structure.  "The  list  header  got  scrogged."  Also  reported 
  as  `skrog',  and  ascribed  to  the  comic  strip  "The  Wizard  of  Id". 
  Compare  {scag};  possibly  the  two  are  related.  Equivalent  to  {scribble} 
  or  {mangle}. 
 
 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  scrog 
 
  /skrog/  [Bell  Labs]  To  damage,  trash,  or  corrupt  a  data 
  structure.  "The  list  header  got  scrogged."  Also  reported  as 
  "skrog",  and  ascribed  to  the  comic  strip  "The  Wizard  of  Id". 
  Compare  {scag};  possibly  the  two  are  related.  Equivalent  to 
  {scribble}  or  {mangle}. 
 
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