scribble n.
To modify a data structure in a random and
unintentionally destructive way. "Bletch! Somebody's
disk-compactor program went berserk and scribbled on the i-node
table." "It was working fine until one of the allocation
routines scribbled on low core." Synonymous with trash;
compare mung, which conveys a bit more intention, and
mangle, which is more violent and final.
To modify a data structure in a random and
unintentionally destructive way. "Bletch! Somebody's
disk-compactor program went berserk and scribbled on the i-node
table." "It was working fine until one of the allocation
routines scribbled on low core." Synonymous with trash;
compare mung, which conveys a bit more intention, and
mangle, which is more violent and final.
Related:
- scribble: n. To modify a data structure in a random and
unintentionally destructive way.
"Bletch! Somebody's disk-compactor program went... - trash vt.
To destroy the contents of (said of a data
structure).
The most common of the family of near-synonyms including... - clobber vt.
To overwrite, usually unintentionally:
"I walked off the end of the array and clobbered... - trash: vt. To destroy the contents of (said of a data structure).
The most common of the family of near-synonyms including... - smash the stack n.
[C programming] To corrupt the execution
stack by writing past the end of a local array or other data
structure.
Code that smashes the stack can cause a return from... - smash the stack: [C programming] n. To corrupt the execution stack
by writing past the end of a local array or other data structure.
Code that smashes the stack can cause a return from... - mangle: vt. Used similarly to {mung} or {scribble},
but more violent in its connotations; something... - mung: /muhng/ [in 1960 at MIT, `Mash Until No Good';
sometime after that the derivation from the {{recursive... - clobber: vt. To overwrite, usually unintentionally:
"I walked off the end of the array and clobbered...
