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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>scribble</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="screwage.html" title="screwage"/><link rel="next" href="script-kiddies.html" title="script kiddies"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">scribble</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="screwage.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">S</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="script-kiddies.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="scribble"/><dt xmlns="" id="scribble"><b>scribble</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> To modify a data structure in a random and unintentionally
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destructive way. “<span class="quote">Bletch! Somebody's disk-compactor program went
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berserk and scribbled on the i-node table.</span>” “<span class="quote">It was working
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fine until one of the allocation routines scribbled on low core.</span>”
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Synonymous with <a href="../T/trash.html"><i class="glossterm">trash</i></a>; compare
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<a href="../M/mung.html"><i class="glossterm">mung</i></a>, which conveys a bit more intention, and
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<a href="../M/mangle.html"><i class="glossterm">mangle</i></a>, which is more violent and final.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="screwage.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../S.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="script-kiddies.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">screwage </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> script kiddies</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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