thunk

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In the Scheme programming language, a function or procedure taking no arguments
Past participle of think

Who would have thunk those guys would have a problem with a little lye?.

to strike against something, without breakage, making a "thunk" sound

I was thunked on the head by his stick.

a mapping of machine data from one system-specific form to another, usually for compatibility reasons, such as from 16-bit addresses to 32-bit to allow a 16-bit program to run on a 32-bit operating system
Representing the sound of the impact of a heavy object striking another and coming to an immediate standstill, with neither object being broken by the impact
a delayed computation
A thunk is a procedure without arguments
A small piece of machine code which bridges the boundary between one calling convention and another Used to permit libraries written in languages other than Smalltalk to call into Dolphin
a dull hollow sound; "the basketball made a thunk as it hit the rim
Code that is used to convert calls to one interface into calls to another
a dull hollow sound; "the basketball made a thunk as it hit the rim"
Code that performs a translation or conversion during a call or indirection For example, a thunk may be used to change the size or type of function parameters when passing data between 16-bit and 32-bit code
who'd have thunk it
Who would have thought that would happen?; Who would have guessed it?
thunk

    Turkish pronunciation

    thʌnk

    Pronunciation

    /ˈᴛʜənk/ /ˈθʌnk/

    Etymology

    () By analogy with past tenses and past participles ending in "-unk", such as drunk and sunk
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