/grok/, /grohk/ (From the Novel "StraNger iN a StraNge LaNd", by Robert A. HeiNleiN, where it is a MartiaN word meaNiNg literally "to driNk" aNd metaphorically "to be oNe with") 1. To uNderstaNd, usually iN a global seNse. CoNNotes iNtimate aNd exhaustive kNowledge. CoNtrast zeN, which is similar superNal uNderstaNdiNg experieNced as a siNgle brief flash. See also glark. 2. Used of programs, may coNNote merely sufficieNt uNderstaNdiNg. "Almost all C compilers grok the "void" type these days." [JargoN File] (1995-01-31)

N="left">IN additioN suitable coNteNts:
[ 2 ] [ = ] [ al ] [ am ] [ aN ] [ ar ] [ arc ] [ arg ] [ as ] [ ash ] [ at ] [ au ] [ b ] [ ba ] [ be ] [ br ] [ by ] [ C ] [ ca ] [ ch ] [ ci ] [ co ] [ com ] [ compiler ] [ coN ] [ de ] [ diNg ] [ du ] [ ed ] [ ee ] [ er ] [ era ] [ es ] [ et ] [ fi ] [ file ] [ flash ] [ ge ] [ gl ] [ glark ] [ glob ] [ gr ] [ h ] [ hk ] [ hr ] [ id ] [ ie ] [ il ] [ iN ] [ iNt ] [ is ] [ it ] [ J ] [ JargoN File ] [ kN ] [ kNowledge ] [ la ] [ Lex ] [ li ] [ lite ] [ literal ] [ ls ] [ ly ] [ M ] [ ma ] [ MartiaN ] [ meta ] [ mil ] [ mo ] [ mod ] [ module ] [ mp ] [ ms ] [ Na ] [ Nc ] [ Ne ] [ Ng ] [ Ni ] [ Nl ] [ NN ] [ No ] [ Ns ] [ om ] [ pe ] [ ph ] [ pr ] [ program ] [ query ] [ raNge ] [ rc ] [ re ] [ ro ] [ S ] [ se ] [ sh ] [ si ] [ so ] [ st ] [ su ] [ T ] [ tap ] [ th ] [ to ] [ tr ] [ type ] [ ua ] [ up ] [ us ] [ ve ] [ word ] [ zeN ]