/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}.Compare background.[Jargon File](2003-09-29)