Slurp


verb (used with object)
1.
to ingest (food or drink) with loud sucking noises:
He slurped his coffee.
verb (used without object)
2.
to make loud sucking noises while eating or drinking:
to slurp when eating soup.
noun
3.
an intake of food or drink with a noisy sucking sound:
He finished his milk in about three slurps.
4.
any lapping or splashing sound:
the slurp of the waves against the hull.
verb
1.
to eat or drink (something) noisily
noun
2.
a sound produced in this way
slump

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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