mumble
= M =
munching
munch vt.
[often confused with mung, q.v.] To
transform information in a serial fashion, often requiring large
amounts of computation. To trace down a data structure. Related
to crunch and nearly synonymous with grovel, but connotes
less pain.
--The Jargon File version 4.3.1, ed. ESR, autonoded by rescdsk.