:massage: vt. Vague term used to describe `smooth' transformations of
a data set into a different form, esp. transformations that do
not lose information. Connotes less pain than {munch} or {crunch}.
"He wrote a program that massages X bitmap files into GIF
format." Compare {slurp}.
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a data set into a different form, esp. transformations that do
not lose information. Connotes less pain than {munch} or {crunch}.
"He wrote a program that massages X bitmap files into GIF
format." Compare {slurp}.
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Related:
- massage vt.
[common] Vague term used to describe
`smooth' transformations of a data set into a different form,
esp. transformations that do not lose information.... - munch: [often confused with {mung}, q.v.] vt. To transform
information in a serial fashion,
often requiring large amounts of computation. To... - munch vt.
[often confused with mung, q.v.] To
transform information in a serial fashion,
often requiring large amounts of computation. To... - crunch: 1. vi. To process, usually in a time-consuming or
complicated way.
Connotes an essentially trivial operation that is ... - green bytes: n. (also `green words') 1. Meta-information
embedded in a file,
such as the length of the file or its name; as opposed... - crunch 1. vi.
To process, usually in a time-consuming or
complicated way.
Connotes an essentially trivial operation that is ... - snarf: /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... - protocol: n. As used by hackers, this never refers to niceties
about the proper form for addressing letters to the Papal Nuncio or
the order in which one should use the forks in a Russian-style
place setting;
hackers don't care about such things. It is used ... - munge /muhnj/ vt.
1. [derogatory] To imperfectly
transform information.
2. A comprehensive rewrite of a routine, data structure...
From the same category:
- I was trying to daydream, but my mind kept wandering.
Steven... - All your files have been destroyed (sorry).
Paul... - I was the best I ever had.
--
Woody... - Annual drug deaths: tobacco: 395,000, alcohol: 125,000,
'legal' drugs: 38,000, illegal drug overdoses: 5,200... - Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those whom
we cannot resemble.
Samuel Johnson (1709...
