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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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