Munge
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /mʌnd͡ʒ/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Munge is a verb meaning (transitive, computing, informal) To add a spamblock to (an email address).
Meaning
(transitive, computing, informal) To add a spamblock to (an email address).
More Meanings
- (transitive, genealogy, informal) To corrupt a record about a person by erroneously merging in information about another person.
- (transitive, computing, informal) To transform data in an undefined or unexplained manner, as for example when data wrangling requires nonsystemic or nonsystematic edits.
Example Sentences
It looks like this record is munged—it has this person’s birth date, but his father’s death date.
Munging is effective — it prevents unwanted email from reaching you by keeping your real email address out of the clutches of the address-harvesting programs.
As a part of the code review with the development team, notify them that you want to have these options as a part of the installation script, rather than you munging the installation scripts during deployment.
Word Forms
- munges
- munging
- munged
- mung
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include mangle, mismangle, misguggle, moider, mischunk, mishmash.
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