slurp
VerbUS[slurp]/slɝp/1 syllable
Open English WordNet
Verb (1)slurps, slurping
- eat noisily“He slurped his soup”More general eat
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slurp
To read a large data file entirely into core before working on it. This may be contrasted with the strategy of reading a small piece at a time, processing it, and then reading the next piece. "This program slurps in a 1K-by-1K matrix and does an FFT." See also sponge. [Jargon File]
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slurp vt.
To read a large data file entirely into core before working on it. This may be contrasted with the strategy of reading a small piece at a time, processing it, and then reading the next piece. “This program slurps in a 1K-by-1K matrix and does an FFT.” See also sponge.