Snarf

3 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  snarf
       v : make off with belongings of others [syn: {pilfer}, {cabbage},
            {purloin}, {pinch}, {abstract}, {swipe}, {hook}, {sneak},
            {filch}, {nobble}, {lift}]

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



  snarf /snarf/ vt. 1. To grab, esp. to grab a large document or file for
     the purpose of using it with or without the author's permission. See
     also {BLT}. 2. [in the Unix community] To fetch a file or set of files
     across a network. See also {blast}. This term was mainstream in the late
     1960s, meaning `to eat piggishly'. It may still have this connotation in
     context. "He's in the snarfing phase of hacking -- {FTP}ing megs of
     stuff a day." 3. To acquire, with little concern for legal forms or
     politesse (but not quite by stealing). "They were giving away samples,
     so I snarfed a bunch of them." 4. Syn. for {slurp}. "This program starts
     by snarfing the entire database into core, then...." 5. [GEnie] To spray
     food or {programming fluid}s due to laughing at the wrong moment. "I was
     drinking coffee, and when I read your post I snarfed all over my desk."
     "If I keep reading this topic, I think I'll have to snarf-proof my
     computer with a keyboard {condom}." [This sense appears to be widespread
     among mundane teenagers --ESR]
  
  

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

  snarf
       
          /snarf/ 1. To grab, especially to grab a large document or
          file for the purpose of using it with or without the author's
          permission.
       
          See also {BLT}.
       
          2. ({Unix}) To fetch a file or set of files across a network.
       
          See also {blast}.
       
          3. To acquire, with little concern for legal forms or
          politesse (but not quite by stealing).  "They were giving away
          samples, so I snarfed a bunch of them."
       
          4. Synonym for {slurp}.  "This program starts by snarfing the
          entire database into core."
       
          5. ({GEnie}) To spray food or {programming fluid}s due to
          laughing at the wrong moment.  This sense appears to be
          widespread among mundane teenagers - ESR.
       
          6. This term was mainstream in the late 1960s, meaning "to eat
          piggishly".  It may still have this connotation in context.
       
          7. A creature on the Thundercats, fond of eating, usually
          covertly.
       
          [{Jargon File}]
       
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