May 15, 2003

filter

n.

[very common; orig. Unix] A program that processes an input data stream into an output data stream in some well-defined way, and does no I/O to anywhere else except possibly on error conditions; one designed to be used as a stage in a pipeline (see plumbing). Compare sponge.

Posted by Jargon File at May 15, 2003 10:48 AM

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