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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>grind</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="grilf.html" title="grilf"/><link rel="next" href="grind-crank.html" title="grind crank"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">grind</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="grilf.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">G</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="grind-crank.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="grind"/><dt xmlns="" id="grind"><b>grind</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">vt.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. [MIT and Berkeley; now rare] To prettify hardcopy of code,
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especially LISP code, by reindenting lines, printing keywords and comments
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in distinct fonts (if available), etc. This usage was associated with the
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MacLISP community and is now rare; <a href="../P/prettyprint.html"><i class="glossterm">prettyprint</i></a> was
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and is the generic term for such operations. </p></dd><dd><p> 2. [Unix] To generate the formatted version of a document from the
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<a href="../T/troff.html"><i class="glossterm">troff</i></a>, <a href="../T/TeX.html"><i class="glossterm">TeX</i></a>, or Scribe source.
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</p></dd><dd><p> 3. [common] To run seemingly interminably, esp. (but not
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necessarily) if performing some tedious and inherently useless task.
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Similar to <a href="../C/crunch.html"><i class="glossterm">crunch</i></a> or <a href="grovel.html"><i class="glossterm">grovel</i></a>.
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Grinding has a connotation of using a lot of CPU time, but it is possible
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to grind a disk, network, etc. See also <a href="../H/hog.html"><i class="glossterm">hog</i></a>.
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</p></dd><dd><p> 4. To make the whole system slow. “<span class="quote">Troff really grinds a
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<a href="../P/PDP-11.html"><i class="glossterm">PDP-11</i></a>.</span>” </p></dd><dd><p> 5. <span class="firstterm">grind grind</span> <span class="grammar">excl.</span> Roughly, “<span class="quote">Isn't the machine slow
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today!</span>”</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="grilf.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../G.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="grind-crank.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">grilf </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> grind crank</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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