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slopsucker
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2014-04-26 11:54:15 -04:00
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/slopsuhkr/ , n. A lowest-priority task that waits around until everything
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else has had its fill of machine resources. Only when the machine would
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otherwise be idle is the task allowed to ` suck up the slop. Also called a
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hungry puppy or bottom feeder. One common variety of slopsucker hunts for
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large prime numbers. Compare background.
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