slopsucker
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slopsucker
/slop'suhk-r/ A lowest-priority task that only runs when the
computer would otherwise be idle. Also called a "hungry
puppy" or "bottom feeder" (after the fishermen's and
naturalists' term for finny creatures who subsist on the
primordial ooze).
One common variety of slopsucker hunts for large prime
numbers.
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(2003-09-29)