munge

2 definitions found

munge - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  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)
  

munge - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  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)".