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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>slopsucker</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../S.html" title="S"/><link rel="previous" href="slop.html" title="slop"/><link rel="next" href="Slowlaris.html" title="Slowlaris"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">slopsucker</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="slop.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">S</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="Slowlaris.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="slopsucker"/><dt xmlns="" id="slopsucker"><b>slopsucker</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/slop<6F>suhk<68>r/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> A lowest-priority task that waits around until everything else has
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‘had its fill’ of machine resources. Only when the machine
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would otherwise be idle is the task allowed to `‘suck up the
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slop’. Also called a <span class="firstterm">hungry
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puppy</span> or <span class="firstterm">bottom feeder</span>.
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One common variety of slopsucker hunts for large prime numbers. Compare
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