Representing the dull sound of the impact of a heavy object striking another and coming to an immediate standstill, with neither object being broken by the impact.
Verb
To strike against something, without breakage, making a "thunk" sound.
Noun
(computing) A delayed computation.
(computing) In the Scheme programming language, a function or procedure taking no arguments.
(computing) A mapping of machine data from one system-specific form to another, usually for compatibility reasons, such as from 16-bit addresses to 32-bit to allow a 16-bit program to run on a 32-bit operating system.
Verb
(computing) To delay (a computation).
(computing) To map (machine data) from one system-specific form to another.
