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GRIND

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1.GRIND - GRaphical INterpretive Display.

A graphics input language for the PDP-9.

["GRIND: A Language and Translator for Computer Graphics", A.P. Conn, Dartmouth, June 1969].
2.grind - (MIT and Berkeley) To prettify hardcopy of code, especially LISP code, by reindenting lines, printing keywords and comments in distinct fonts (if available), etc. This usage was associated with the MacLISP community and is now rare; prettyprint was and is the generic term for such operations.
3.grind - (Unix) To generate the formatted version of a document from the nroff, troff, TeX, or Scribe source.
4.grind - To run seemingly interminably, especially (but not necessarily) if performing some tedious and inherently useless task. Similar to crunch or grovel. Grinding has a connotation of using a lot of CPU time, but it is possible to grind a disk, network, etc.

See also hog.
5.grind - To make the whole system slow. "Troff really grinds a PDP-11."
6.grind - "grind grind" excl. Roughly, "Isn't the machine slow today!"


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But when he was compelled to grind instead of serving in the wars, he bewailed his change of fortune and called to mind his former state, saying, "Ah
) When petitioners used to come for information to the table at which I sat, I used to grind my teeth at them, and felt intense enjoyment when I succeeded in making anybody unhappy.
" said Sancho; "don't you see that those are mills that stand in the river to grind corn?
 
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