scribble

n : poor handwriting [syn: {scratch}, {scrawl}, {cacography}]

v 1: write down quickly without much attention to detail [syn: {scrabble}]

2: write carelessly [syn: {scrawl}]

scribble

To modify a data structure in a random and unintentionally

destructive way. "Bletch! Somebody's disk-compactor program

went berserk and scribbled on the i-node table." "It was

working fine until one of the allocation routines scribbled on

low core." Synonymous with {trash}; compare {mung}, which

conveys a bit more intention, and {mangle}, which is more

violent and final.

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