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nounthunker (plural thunkers)
plural thunkers
- computingA software mechanism that thunks.
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.
1996, Deke McClelland, Robert Phillips, Photoshop 3 for Windows 95 Bible, page 7211 more example
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.
1995, Personal Computer Magazine, volume 14, numbers 7-8, page 222
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