Munge

2 definitions found

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

  munge /muhnj/ vt. 1. [derogatory] To imperfectly transform information.
     2. A comprehensive rewrite of a routine, data structure or the whole
     program. 3. To modify data in some way the speaker doesn't need to go
     into right now or cannot describe succinctly (compare {mumble}). 4. To
     add {spamblock} to an email address.
  


     This term is often confused with {mung}, which probably was derived
     from it. However, it also appears the word `munge' was in common use in
     Scotland in the 1940s, and in Yorkshire in the 1950s, as a verb, meaning
     to munch up into a masticated mess, and as a noun, meaning the result of
     munging something up (the parallel with the {kluge}/{kludge} pair is
     amusing). The OED reports `munge' as an archaic verb meaning "to wipe (a
     person's nose)".
  
  

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

  munge
       
          /muhnj/ 1. A derogatory term meaning to imperfectly transform
          information.
       
          2. A comprehensive rewrite of a routine, data structure or the
          whole program.
       
          This term is often confused with {mung} and may derive from
          it, or possibly vice-versa.  One correspondent believes it
          derives from the french "mange" /monzh/, eat.
       
          [{Jargon File}]
       
          (2002-04-15)