May 15, 2003

scribble

n.

To modify a data structure in a random and unintentionally destructive way. Bletch! Somebody's disk-compactor program went berserk and scribbled on the i-node table. It was working fine until one of the allocation routines scribbled on low core. Synonymous with trash; compare mung, which conveys a bit more intention, and mangle, which is more violent and final.

Posted by Jargon File at May 15, 2003 10:31 AM

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