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slopsucker: /slop´suhk·r/, n.

  A lowest-priority task that waits around until everything else has ‘had its fill’ of machine resources. Only when the machine would otherwise be idle is the task allowed to `‘suck up the slop’. Also called a hungry puppy or bottom feeder. One common variety of slopsucker hunts for large prime numbers. Compare background.

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