clobber

<jargon> To overwrite, usually unintentionally: "I walked off the end of the array and clobbered the stack."

Compare mung, scribble, trash, smash the stack.

[Jargon File]

(1994-12-16)

 

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Nearby terms: CLIX « CLM « CLNP « clobber » clock » clock frequency » clock rate

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