sponge n.
[Unix] A special case of a filter that reads its
entire input before writing any output; the canonical example is a
sort utility. Unlike most filters, a sponge can conveniently
overwrite the input file with the output data stream. If a file
system has versioning (as ITS did and VMS does now) the
sponge/filter distinction loses its usefulness, because directing
filter output would just write a new version. See also slurp.
[Unix] A special case of a filter that reads its
entire input before writing any output; the canonical example is a
sort utility. Unlike most filters, a sponge can conveniently
overwrite the input file with the output data stream. If a file
system has versioning (as ITS did and VMS does now) the
sponge/filter distinction loses its usefulness, because directing
filter output would just write a new version. See also slurp.
Related:
- sponge: [UNIX] n. A special case of a {filter} that reads its
entire input before writing any output;
the canonical example is a sort utility. Unlike... - filter n.
[very common; orig. Unix, now also in
MS-DOS] A program that processes an input data stream into an
output data stream in some well-defined way,
and does no I/O to anywhere else except possibly... - filter: [orig. {{UNIX}}, now also in {{MS-DOS}}] n.
A program that processes an input data stream into... - cat [from `catenate' via Unix cat(1)] vt.
1. [techspeak] To spew an entire file to the screen or some other
output sink without pause.
2. By extension, to dump large amounts of data at... - cat: [from `catenate' via {{UNIX}} `cat(1)'] vt.
1.
[techspeak] To spew an entire file to the screen or... - MFTL /M-F-T-L/
[abbreviation: `My Favorite Toy Language']
1.
adj. Describes a talk on a programming language design... - slurp vt.
To read a large data file entirely into core
before working on it.
This may be contrasted with the strategy of reading... - slurp: vt. To read a large data file entirely into {core} before
working on it.
This may be contrasted with the strategy of reading... - plumbing n.
[Unix] Term used for shell code, so called
because of the prevalence of `pipelines' that feed the output of
one program to the input of another.
Under Unix, user utilities can often be implemented...
From the same category:
- de-rezz /dee-rez'/
[from `de-resolve' via the movie
"Tron"] (also `derez') 1.
vi. To disappear or dissolve; the image that goes... - chanop /chan'-op/ n.
[IRC] See channel op... - win
[MIT; now common everywhere] 1. vi. To succeed.
A program wins if no unexpected conditions arise... - inflate vt.
To decompress or puff a file. Rare among
Internet hackers,
used primarily by MS-DOS/Windows types... - hand-roll v.
[from obs. mainstream slang `hand-rolled' in
opposition to `ready-made',
referring to cigarettes] To perform a normally automated...
