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Mung vs Munga - What's the difference?

mung | munga |

As nouns the difference between mung and munga

is that mung is a type of small bean while munga is (obsolete) the bonnet monkey or munga can be (australia|new zealand|slang) food.

As a verb mung

is (computing|informal) 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.

mung

English

(wikipedia mung)

Alternative forms

* moong, munge

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A type of small bean.
  • The mung bean, cultivated for its sprouts, Vigna radiata or .

    • Etymology 2

    Possibly from Mash Until No Good'', or a self referencing acronym, ''Mung Until No Good . Rumored to have originated from one of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology computer groups in the 1970s or 1980s.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (computing, informal) 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.
  • (by extension, informal) to destroy
    • ----

    munga

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) The bonnet monkey.

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (-)
  • (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Food
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