thunker

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English

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Etymology

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From thunk +‎ -er.

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Noun

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thunker (plural thunkers)

  1. (programming) A software mechanism that thunks.
    • 1995, Personal Computer Magazine, volume 14, numbers 7-8, page 222:
      And 32-bit Windows applications require the bundled MetaWare Applications Development Kit (ADK), a 32-to-16 bit Windows thunker similar to but predating the Microsoft Win32s system.
    • 1996, Deke McClelland, Robert Phillips, Photoshop 3 for Windows 95 Bible, page 721:
      There were no 32-bit scanner drivers or TWAIN modules, none were forthcoming from Microsoft [] Then along came the TWAIN_32 standard of the universal thunker.

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