Talk:muffin

Computer Term
The computer term muffin is explained at: http://java.sun.com/developer/JDCTechTips/2001/tt0530.html. The key paragrpah reads:


 * The JNLP API defines a set of services that bypass the security sandbox to enable some common client operations. In the writeEditorContents method, the BasicService discovers the application's codebase. Then, the PersistenceService caches the edit pane's contents on the local hard drive, keyed to a URL that is relative to the application's codebase. The name/value pairs provided by the PersistenceService are similar to browser cookies. The Java Web Start implementation honors this legacy by naming the pairs "muffins." Muffins are not appropriate for large data storage; they should be used to cache small identifiers on the client. These identifiers can then be used to locate larger pieces of information on the server.

I believe that the term is not widely known. Somebody asked me about it, and it took me a little while to find the answer. So I thought it was worth an entry here. &mdash; DavidL 16:20, 17 October 2005 (UTC)
 * I've just heard about it in French, but on the Internet it seems to be a software first. JackPotte (talk) 19:14, 11 July 2015 (UTC)


 * ✅ We have a sense for this, anyway. Equinox ◑ 19:17, 11 July 2015 (UTC)

unstudded muffin?
i was reading a comic strip ( https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4198 ) and it used the word muffin in a way i don't recognize, so i came to Wiktionary for an explanation. Maybe it's
 * (slang) A charming, attractive young man. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

96.244.220.178 09:03, 14 February 2020 (UTC)


 * Presumably a humorous opposite for "studmuffin". Equinox ◑ 21:38, 5 August 2021 (UTC)

RFD discussion: June 2021
Proposal to delete (or merge) the sense "A type of individual bread such as corn, bran, banana or zucchini bread often sliced and spread with butter, etc before being eaten." from as I believe it to be intended to describe the same thing as  the sense "A cupcake-shaped baked good, without frosting but sometimes glazed." See Special:Diff/30328528 and Special:Diff/2136502 for a brief history of these two senses. Pinging who recently worked on the entry. &mdash;The Editor's Apprentice (talk) 02:12, 26 June 2021 (UTC)


 * Yeah, I've just merged them per the Tea Room discussion. (If someone feels this is wrong, by all means let's discuss.) - -sche (discuss) 02:46, 26 June 2021 (UTC)