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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>hungus</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="../H.html" title="H"/><link rel="previous" href="hungry-puppy.html" title="hungry puppy"/><link rel="next" href="hyperspace.html" title="hyperspace"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">hungus</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="hungry-puppy.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">H</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="hyperspace.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="hungus"/><dt xmlns="" id="hungus"><b>hungus</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/huhng´g@s/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">adj.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [perhaps related to slang ‘humongous’] Large, unwieldy,
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usually unmanageable. “<span class="quote">TCP is a hungus piece of code.</span>”
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“<span class="quote">This is a hungus set of modifications.</span>” The
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<a href="../I/Infocom.html"><i class="glossterm">Infocom</i></a> text adventure game <i class="citetitle">Beyond
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