thunking

verb

Meaning

To strike against something, without breakage, making a "thunk" sound.
(functional programming) To delay (a computation).
To map (machine data) from one system-specific form to another.
The use of thunks (data mappings).

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Related words

thunker(English)multithreading(English)thrashing(English)bitmapping(English)shift(English)chunking(English)type hinting(English)subchunk(English)

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