slump

n 1: a noticeable decline in performance: "the team went into a

slump"; "a sudden slack in output"; "a drop-off in

attendance"; "a falloff in automobile sales" [syn: {slack},

{drop-off}, {falloff}, {falling off}]

2: a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and

low prices and low levels of trade and investment [syn: {depression},

{economic crisis}]

v 1: assume a drooping posture or carriage [syn: {slouch}]

2: fall or sink heavily; "He slumped onto the couch"; "My

spirits sank" [syn: {slide down}, {sink}]

3: fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly; "The real estate

market fell off" [syn: {fall off}, {sink}]

slurp

To read a large data file entirely into {core} before working

on it. This may be contrasted with the strategy of reading a

small piece at a time, processing it, and then reading the

next piece. "This program slurps in a 1K-by-1K matrix and

does an FFT." See also {sponge}.

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