Hungus

2 definitions found

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

  hungus /huhng'g*s/ adj. [perhaps related to slang `humongous'] Large,
     unwieldy, usually unmanageable. "TCP is a hungus piece of code." "This
     is a hungus set of modifications." The {Infocom} text adventure game
     "Beyond Zork" included two monsters called hunguses.
  
  



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

  hungus
       
           /huhng'g*s/ (Perhaps related to slang "humongous")
          Large, unwieldy, usually unmanageable.  E.g. "{TCP} is a
          hungus piece of code."
       
          [{Jargon File}]
       
          (1999-01-26)