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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>gribble</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="../G.html" title="G"/><link rel="previous" href="grep.html" title="grep"/><link rel="next" href="grilf.html" title="grilf"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">gribble</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="grep.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">G</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="grilf.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="gribble"/><dt xmlns="" id="gribble"><b>gribble</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> Random binary data rendered as unreadable text. Noise characters in
a data stream are displayed as gribble. Dumping a binary file to the screen
is an excellent source of gribble, and (if the bell/speaker is active)
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