VDict - Definition of slurp

Computing (FOLDOC) dictionary (also found in English - English (Wordnet), )

slurp

To read a large data file entirely into core before working

on it. This may be contrasted with the strategy of reading a

small piece at a time, processing it, and then reading the

next piece. "This program slurps in a 1K-by-1K matrix and

does an FFT." See also sponge.

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Words pronounced/spelled similarly to "slurp":
slurp SLiRP
Words contain "slurp" in its definition in Computing (FOLDOC) dictionary:
massage slurp sponge snarf