to understand profoundly and intuitively - merriam-webster
Martian word meaning literally, 'to drink'. To drink in, to make a part of one's self - urbandictionary
One of the most powerful parsing filter used in ElasticSearch software's logstash component is named grok. Reference: ElasticSearch documentation - source: wikipedia
Grok connotes intimate and exhaustive knowledge. When you claim to ‘grok’
some knowledge or technique, you are asserting that you have not merely
learned it in a detached instrumental way but that it has become part of
you, part of your identity. For example, to say that you “know” LISP is
simply to assert that you can code in it if necessary — but to say you
“grok” LISP is to claim that you have deeply entered the world-view and
spirit of the language. - source: grokcode
The book Perl Best Practices defines grok as understanding a portion of computer code in a profound way. It goes on to suggest that to re-grok
code is to reload the intricacies of that portion of code into one's
memory after some time has passed and all the details of it are no
longer remembered. - source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grok
Grok may be the only English word that derives from Martian.
"Grok"
was introduced in Robert A. Heinlein's 1961 science fiction novel Stranger in a Strange Land. - merriam-webster
And now you grok grok.
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