grok /grok/, var. /grohk/ /vt./
[from
the
novel
"Stranger
in
a
Strange
Land",
by
Robert
A.
Heinlein,
where
it
is
a
Martian
word
meaning
literally
`to
drink'
and
metaphorically
`to
be
one
with']
The
emphatic
form
is
`grok
in
fullness'.
1.
To
understand,
usually
in
a
global
sense.
Connotes
intimate
and
exhaustive
knowledge.
Contrast
zen,
which
is
similar
supernal
understanding
experienced
as
a
single
brief
flash.
See
also
glark.
2.
Used
of
programs,
may
connote
merely
sufficient
understanding.
"Almost
all
C
compilers
grok
the
void
type
these
days."