snap
     n 1: the act of catching an object with the hands; "Mays made the
          catch with his back to the plate"; "he made a grab for
          the ball before it landed"; "Martin's snatch at the
          bridle failed and the horse raced away"; "the
          infielder's snap and throw was a single motion" [syn: {catch},
           {grab}, {snatch}]
     2: a spell of cold weather; "a cold snap in the middle of May"
     3: tender green beans without strings that easily snap into
        sections [syn: {snap bean}]
     4: a crisp round cookie flavored with ginger [syn: {gingersnap},
         {ginger snap}, {ginger nut}]
     5: the noise produced by the rapid movement of a finger from
        the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand;
        "servants appeared at the snap of his fingers"
     6: a sudden sharp noise; "the crack of a whip"; "he heard the
        cracking of the ice"; "he can hear the snap of a twig"
        [syn: {crack}, {cracking}]
     7: a sudden breaking
     8: the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after
        it has been stretched or compressed; "the waistband had
        lost its snap" [syn: {elasticity}] [ant: {inelasticity}]
     9: an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held
        camera; "my snapshots haven't been developed yet"; "he
        tried to get unposed shots of his friends" [syn: {snapshot},
         {shot}]
     10: a fastener used on clothing; fastens with a snapping sound;
         "children can manage snaps better than buttons" [syn: {snap
         fastener}, {press stud}]
     11: any undertaking that is easy to do; "marketing this product
         will be no picnic" [syn: {cinch}, {breeze}, {picnic}, {duck
         soup}, {child's play}, {pushover}, {walkover}, {piece of
         cake}]
     12: the act of snapping the fingers; movement of a finger from
         the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand; "he
         gave his fingers a snap"
     13: (American football) putting the ball in play by passing it
         (between the legs) to a back; "the quarterback fumbled
         the snap" [syn: {centering}]
     v 1: utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone; "The sales clerky
          snapped a reply at the angry customer"; "The guard
          snarled at us" [syn: {snarl}]
     2: separate or cause to separate abruptly; "The rope snapped";
        "tear the paper" [syn: {tear}, {rupture}, {bust}]
     3: break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension; "The rope
        snapped" [syn: {crack}]
     4: move or strike with a noise; "he clicked on the light"; "his
        arm was snapped forward" [syn: {click}]
     5: snap close with a sound; "The lock snapped shut"
     6: make a sharp sound; "his fingers snapped" [syn: {crack}]
     7: move with a snapping sound; "bullets snapped past us"
     8: to grasp hastily or eagerly; "Before I could stop him the
        dog snatched the ham bone" [syn: {snatch}, {snatch up}]
     9: put in play with a snap; "snap a football"
     10: cause to make a snapping sound; "snap your fingers" [syn: {click},
          {flick}]
     11: lose control of one's emotions; "When she heard that she had
         not passed the exam, she lost it completely"; "When her
         baby died, she snapped" [syn: {break down}, {lose it}]
     12: record on photographic film; "I photographed the scene of
         the accident"; "She snapped a picture of the President"
         [syn: {photograph}, {shoot}]
     [also: {snapping}, {snapped}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0

snap v. To replace a pointer to a pointer with a direct pointer; to
   replace an old address with the forwarding address found there. If you
   telephone the main number for an institution and ask for a particular
   person by name, the operator may tell you that person's extension before
   connecting you, in the hopes that you will `snap your pointer' and dial
   direct next time. The underlying metaphor may be that of a rubber band
   stretched through a number of intermediate points; if you remove all the
   thumbtacks in the middle, it snaps into a straight line from first to
   last. See {chase pointers}.

   Often, the behavior of a {trampoline} is to perform an error check
   once and then snap the pointer that invoked it so as henceforth to
   bypass the trampoline (and its one-shot error check). In this context
   one also speaks of `snapping links'. For example, in a LISP
   implementation, a function interface trampoline might check to make sure
   that the caller is passing the correct number of arguments; if it is,
   and if the caller and the callee are both compiled, then snapping the
   link allows that particular path to use a direct procedure-call
   instruction with no further overhead.


Source: The Jargon File

SNAP
     SubNetwork Access Protocol (LAN, ethernet)
     
     
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SNAP
     SubNetwork Attachment Point (IEEE 802.1a)
     
     
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SNAP
     System and Network Administration Program
     
     
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