Saturday, August 4, 2018

grok

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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