thunks
Heavy hollow sounds
Thunks is the plural of thunk, which has two distinct origins.
One is a humorous past tense of think, treating it like sink/sunk: Who would have thunk it?
The other is a programming term for a delayed computation—a function wrapped so it won't execute until called, used to defer evaluation.
In computing contexts: The middleware processes thunks asynchronously.
Sense of emotional resolution
- callbackFollow-up audition invitation
- suspensionTemporary halt or exclusion
- promiseCommitment to act
- continuationAct of proceeding further
wrapper · indirection · middleware · async · dispatch
thud
Dull impact noise
clonk · kerplunk · bang · slam · bump · thwack · wallop · pound · clatter · crash
closure
Sense of emotional resolution
- callbackFollow-up audition invitation
- suspensionTemporary halt or exclusion
- promiseCommitment to act
continuation · wrapper · indirection · middleware · async · dispatch
ponders
Reflects on deeply
- musesConsiders carefully; inspirational figures
- contemplatesConsiders thoughtfully at length
- reflectsReturns light or image
cogitates · mulls · deliberates · considers · ruminates · meditates · reasons · broods · puzzles · wrestles
- runtime techniquesmetaprogramming, live coding, hooking, hooks, interceptors
- who would have thunk itExpression of unexpected realization