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databend

verb

Etymology

From data + bend, modelled on earlier circuit bending.

  1. derived from *bʰendʰ-✻ — “to bind, tie”
  2. inherited from *bandijaną✻ — “to bend”
  3. inherited from *bandijan✻
  4. inherited from bendan — “to bind or bend (a bow), fetter, restrain”
  5. inherited from benden
  6. compounded as databend — “data + bend”

Definitions

  1. To manipulate a digital image by editing the underlying data in a tool not intended for…

    To manipulate a digital image by editing the underlying data in a tool not intended for the purpose, producing glitchy results.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for databend. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA