Comments on: WikipediaPick: Grok http://trailsinthesand.com/wikipediapick-grok/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:31:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Kevin Cox http://trailsinthesand.com/wikipediapick-grok/#comment-124 Kevin Cox Mon, 21 Apr 2008 02:15:12 +0000 http://trailsinthesand.com/wikipediapick-grok/#comment-124 I've heard and used 'grok' fairly often, in a techy environment. I'm glad to find its source, though; it seems that colloquial use (in my experience) has diverged from the original meaning. When we use it, 'grok' is a synonym for 'infer.' For example: "I couldn't pin down the problem, but, looking at the logs, I could grok that it's coming from apache somehow." I used that exact sentence the other day, in fact, while talking to a number of developers (ages ranging from 22-52). I think I picked it up on Slashdot. I’ve heard and used ‘grok’ fairly often, in a techy environment. I’m glad to find its source, though; it seems that colloquial use (in my experience) has diverged from the original meaning. When we use it, ‘grok’ is a synonym for ‘infer.’ For example:

“I couldn’t pin down the problem, but, looking at the logs, I could grok that it’s coming from apache somehow.”

I used that exact sentence the other day, in fact, while talking to a number of developers (ages ranging from 22-52). I think I picked it up on Slashdot.

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