glob

  1. Noun.  A round, shapeless or amorphous lump, as of a semisolid substance.
  2. Noun.  (programming) A limited pattern matching technique using wildcards, less powerful than a regular expression.
  3. Verb.  To stick in globs or lumps.
  4. Verb.  (programming) To carry out pattern matching using a glob.

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