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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>snarf</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="snap.html" title="snap"/><link rel="next" href="snarf-ampersand-barf.html" title="snarf & barf"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">snarf</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="snap.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">S</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="snarf-ampersand-barf.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="snarf"/><dt xmlns="" id="snarf"><b>snarf</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/snarf/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">vt.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. To grab, esp. to grab a large document or file for the purpose
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of using it with or without the author's permission. See also
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<a href="../B/BLT.html"><i class="glossterm">BLT</i></a>. </p></dd><dd><p> 2. [in the Unix community] To fetch a file or set of files across a
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network. See also <a href="../B/blast.html"><i class="glossterm">blast</i></a>. This term was mainstream
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in the late 1960s, meaning ‘to eat piggishly’. It may still
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have this connotation in context. “<span class="quote">He's in the snarfing phase of
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hacking — FTPing megs of stuff a day.</span>” </p></dd><dd><p> 3. To acquire, with little concern for legal forms or <span class="i">politesse</span> (but not quite by stealing). “<span class="quote">They
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were giving away samples, so I snarfed a bunch of them.</span>”</p></dd><dd><p> 4. Syn. for <a href="slurp.html"><i class="glossterm">slurp</i></a>. “<span class="quote">This program
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starts by snarfing the entire database into core, then....</span>”
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</p></dd><dd><p> 5. [GEnie] To spray food or
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<a href="../P/programming-fluid.html"><i class="glossterm">programming fluid</i></a>s due to laughing at the wrong moment. “<span class="quote">I was
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drinking coffee, and when I read your post I snarfed all over my
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desk.</span>” “<span class="quote">If I keep reading this topic, I think I'll have to
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snarf-proof my computer with a keyboard
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<a href="../C/condom.html"><i class="glossterm">condom</i></a>.</span>” [This sense appears to be widespread
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among mundane teenagers —ESR] The sound of snarfing is
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<a href="splork-.html"><i class="glossterm">splork!</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="snap.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="snarf-ampersand-barf.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">snap </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> snarf & barf</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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