Found 2 hits - Term: slopsucker, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)
slopsucker /slop'suhk-r/ n. a lowest-priority task that waits around
until everything else has `had its fill' of machine resources. only when
the machine would otherwise be idle is the task allowed to `suck up the
slop'. also called a `hungry puppy' or `bottom feeder'. one common
variety of slopsucker hunts for large prime numbers. compare
background.
see also:
background
- [2] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
slopsucker
/slop'suhk-r/ a lowest-priority task that waits around until
everything else has "had its fill" of machine resources. only
when the machine would otherwise be idle is the task allowed
to "suck up the slop". also called a "hungry puppy" or
"bottom feeder". one common variety of slopsucker hunts for
large prime numbers. compare background.
jargon file
see also:
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