[1] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

grok /grok/, var. /grok/ vt. common; from the novel "stranger in a
   strange land", by robert a. heinlein, where it is a martian word meaning
   literally `to drink' and metaphorically `to be one with' the emphatic
   form is `grok in fullness'. 1. to understand. connotes intimate and
   exhaustive knowledge. when you claim to `grok' some knowledge or
   technique, you are asserting that you have not merely learned it in a
   detached instrumental way but that it has become part of you, part of
   your identity. for example, to say that you "know" lisp is simply to
   assert that you can code in it if necessary - but to say you "grok" lisp
   is to claim that you have deeply entered the world-view and spirit of
   the language, with the implication that it has transformed your view of
   programming. contrast zen, which is similar supernal understanding
   experienced as a single brief flash. see also glark. 2. used of
   programs, may connote merely sufficient understanding. "almost all c
   compilers grok the `void' type these days."


see also:
lisp zen glark 

[2] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

grok
     
        /grok/, /grohk/ from the novel "stranger in a strange land",
        by robert a. heinlein, where it is a martian word meaning
        literally "to drink" and metaphorically "to be one with"
     
        1. to understand, usually in a global sense.  connotes
        intimate and exhaustive knowledge.
     
        contrast zen, which is similar supernal understanding
        experienced as a single brief flash.  see also glark.
     
        2. used of programs, may connote merely sufficient
        understanding.  "almost all c compilers grok the "void" type
        these days."
     
        jargon file
     
        1995-01-31
     
     
see also:
zen glark jargon file 

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