Chunk

From Terra
Revision as of 16:48, 23 April 2010 by Angel (talk | contribs)
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
Jump to: navigation, search
  1. Computing jargon: A block of data of an arbitrary size. For example, a file may be split up into gigabyte-sized chunks to be sent over an ansible connection. Usually, chunks are only used when some data cannot be broken up into syntactic pieces such as pages or sections.
  2. Computing slang: To send files over a shadownet, or to send a large amount of data over any kind of network.
  3. Shadowtalk: Also seen as blow chunks. To send large quantities of data without first checking whether they are useful or processable by the recipient. Compare to Space Moss