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munchkin: /muhnch'kin/ [from the squeaky-voiced little people in L.
Frank Baum's "The Wizard of Oz"] n....
munch: [often confused with {mung}, q.v.] vt. To transform information in a serial fashion, often requiring large amounts of computation.
To trace down a data structure. Related to {crunch} ...
mundane: [from SF fandom] n. 1. A person who is not in science fiction fandom.
2. A person who is not in the computer industry....
Munden's Bar serves Old Mink.
munge: /muhnj/ vt. 1. [derogatory] To imperfectly transform information.
2. A comprehensive rewrite of a routine, data structure or the whole program....
mung: /muhng/ [in 1960 at MIT, `Mash Until No Good'
ometime after that the derivation from the {{recursive acronym}} `Mung Until No Good' became standard] vt....
Murder complaint? Mail to 'netnix!devil!gamble!freak!trap!lastwill!rip'.
Murder is a crime. Describing murder is not. Sex is not a crime.
Describing sex is. -- Gershon Legma...
Murder is always a mistake.... One should never do anything that one cannot talk about after dinner.
-- Oscar Wilde...
Murder is contrary to the laws of man and God. -- M-5 Computer, "The Ultimate Computer," stardate 4731.
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