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• lurp 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....
• ponge: [UNIX] n. A special case of a {filter} that reads its entire input before writing any outpu
  he canonical example is a sort utility. Unlike most filters, a sponge can conveniently overwrite the input file with the output data stream....
• arf: /snarf/ vt. 1. To grab, esp. to grab a large document or file for the purpose of using it with or without the author's permission.
  See also {BLT}. 2. [in the UNIX community] To fetch a file or set of files across a network....
• buffer overflow: n. What happens when you try to stuff more data into a buffer (holding area) than it can handle.
  This may be due to a mismatch in the processing rates of the producing and consuming processes (see {overrun} and {firehose syndrome}), or because the buffer is simply too small to hold all the data that must accumulate before a piece of it can be processed....
• arf /snarf/ vt. 1. To grab, esp. to grab a large document or file for the purpose of using it with or without the author's permission.
  See also BLT. 2. [in the Unix community] To fetch a file or set of files across a network....
• ponge n. [Unix] A special case of a filter that reads its entire input before writing any outpu
  he canonical example is a sort utility. Unlike most filters, a sponge can conveniently overwrite the input file with the output data stream....
• bits: n.pl. 1. Information. Examples: "I need some bits about file formats.
  ("I need to know about file formats.") Compare {core dump}, sense 4....
• P.O.D.: /P-O-D/ Acronym for `Piece Of Data' (as opposed to a code section).
  Usage: pedantic and rare. See also {pod}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• walk: n.,vt. Traversal of a data structure, especially an array or linked-list data structure in {core}.
  See also {codewalker}, {silly walk}, {clobber}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...