2014-04-26 14:52:28 +00:00
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scribble
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2014-04-26 15:54:15 +00:00
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n. To modify a data structure in a random and unintentionally destructive
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way. Bletch! Somebody's disk-compactor program went berserk and scribbled on
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the i-node table. It was working fine until one of the allocation routines
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scribbled on low core. Synonymous with trash ; compare mung , which conveys
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a bit more intention, and mangle , which is more violent and final.
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