trash vt.
To destroy the contents of (said of a data
structure). The most common of the family of near-synonyms
including mung, mangle, and scribble.
To destroy the contents of (said of a data
structure). The most common of the family of near-synonyms
including mung, mangle, and scribble.
Related:
- trash: vt. To destroy the contents of (said of a data structure).
The most common of the family of near-synonyms including... - scrog /skrog/ vt.
[Bell Labs] To damage, trash, or
corrupt a data structure.
"The list header got scrogged." Also reported as... - scrog: /skrog/ [Bell Labs] vt. To damage, trash, or corrupt a
data structure.
"The list header got scrogged." Also reported as... - 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... - scribble n.
To modify a data structure in a random and
unintentionally destructive way.
"Bletch! Somebody's disk-compactor program went... - scribble: n. To modify a data structure in a random and
unintentionally destructive way.
"Bletch! Somebody's disk-compactor program went... - 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...
From the same category:
- dinosaur pen n.
A traditional mainframe computer room
complete with raised flooring,
special power, its own ultra-heavy-duty air conditioning... - Datamation /day`t*-may'sh*n/ n.
A magazine that many
hackers assume all suits read.
Used to question an unbelieved quote, as in "Did... - Ob- /ob/ pref.
Obligatory. A piece of netiquette
acknowledging that the author has been straying from the
newsgroup's charter topic.
For example, if a posting in alt.sex is a response... - compress [Unix] vt.
When used without a qualifier,
generally refers to crunching of a file using a particular... - die horribly v.
The software equivalent of crash and burn,
and the preferred emphatic form...
