Trawl

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Parts of this article are based on the Jargon File, v. 4.4.7,
a public domain document of hacker jargon.

trawl

Usage: v.

trawl: v.

To sift through large volumes of data (e.g., Usenet postings, FTP archives, or the Jargon File) looking for something of interest.

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Sources

Source: trawl, in The Jargon File, version 4.4.7.

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