: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 a file or set of files across a network. See also
{blast}. This term was mainstream in the late 1960s, meaning
`to eat piggishly'. It may still have this connotation in
context. "He's in the snarfing phase of hacking --- {FTP}ing
megs of stuff a day." 3. To acquire, with little concern for
legal forms or politesse (but not quite by stealing). "They
were giving away samples, so I snarfed a bunch of them."
4. Syn. for {slurp}. "This program starts by snarfing the
entire database into core, then...." 5. [GEnie] To spray
food or {programming fluid}s due to laughing at the wrong
moment. "I was drinking coffee, and when I read your post I
snarfed all over my desk." "If I keep reading this topic, I think
I'll have to snarf-proof my computer with a keyboard {condom}."
[This sense appears to be widespread among mundane teenagers ---
ESR]
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
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. See also
{blast}. This term was mainstream in the late 1960s, meaning
`to eat piggishly'. It may still have this connotation in
context. "He's in the snarfing phase of hacking --- {FTP}ing
megs of stuff a day." 3. To acquire, with little concern for
legal forms or politesse (but not quite by stealing). "They
were giving away samples, so I snarfed a bunch of them."
4. Syn. for {slurp}. "This program starts by snarfing the
entire database into core, then...." 5. [GEnie] To spray
food or {programming fluid}s due to laughing at the wrong
moment. "I was drinking coffee, and when I read your post I
snarfed all over my desk." "If I keep reading this topic, I think
I'll have to snarf-proof my computer with a keyboard {condom}."
[This sense appears to be widespread among mundane teenagers ---
ESR]
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
- 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... - zap: 1. n. Spiciness. 2. vt. To make food spicy. 3.
vt. To make someone `suffer' by making his food... - 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. 2. Machine-readable representation of a document... - blast: 1. vt.,n. Synonym for {BLT}, used esp. for large data
sends over a network or comm line.
Opposite of {snarf}. Usage: uncommon. The variant... - ping
[from the submariners' term for a sonar pulse] 1.
n. Slang term for a small network message (ICMP... - zap
1. n. Spiciness. 2. vt. To make food spicy.
3. vt. To make someone `suffer' by making his food... - bug n.
An unwanted and unintended property of a program or
piece of hardware,
esp. one that causes it to malfunction. Antonym... - core dump: n. [common {Iron Age} jargon, preserved by UNIX]
1.
[techspeak] A copy of the contents of {core}, produced... - gobble: vt. 1. To consume, usu. used with `up'. "The output
spy gobbles characters out of a {tty} output buffer." 2.
To obtain, usu. used with `down'. "I guess I'll...
From the same category:
- Conscience is what hurts when everything else feels
so good... - With a calendar your days are
numbered... - You may be redneck...
if you dress up the kids to go to K-Mart... - Women are like programs.
A smart man keeps backups... - Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882),...
