/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)

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