Munging

verb

To make repeated changes to a file or data which individually may be reversible, yet which ultimately result in an unintentional irreversible destruction of large portions of the original data.

What it means

  1. (verb) To make repeated changes to a file or data which individually may be reversible, yet which ultimately result in an unintentional irreversible destruction of large portions of the original data.
  2. (verb) (by extension) To harm, to damage; to destroy.
  3. (verb) To transform data in an undefined or unexplained manner.
  4. (verb) To add a spamblock to (an email address).
  5. (verb) (genealogy) To corrupt a record about an individual by erroneously merging in information about another individual. “It looks like this record is munged—it has this person's birth date, but his father's death date”

Letter analysis

  • Munging contains 7 letters: 2 vowel(s) and 5 consonant(s).
  • It uses 5 unique letters.
  • Estimated syllable count: 2.
  • Scrabble-style letter score: 11.

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Common questions

What does Munging mean?

To make repeated changes to a file or data which individually may be reversible, yet which ultimately result in an unintentional irreversible destruction of large portions of the original data.

How many letters are in Munging?

Munging has 7 letters.

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