Peter Donald wrote: > "Culling" is the process of killing animals in a herd to make the whole > herd more valuable (ie you cull the weak or with bad breeding etc). It > migrated to computer science terminoogy in a number of cases (especially in > computer graphics where it refers to removing things). I guess it is > understandable that a dictionary wouldn't pick that up ;)
From Mirriam-Webster cull Function: transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French cuillir, from Latin colligere to bind together -- more at COLLECT Date: 13th century 1 : to select from a group : CHOOSE <culled the best passages from the poet's work> 2 : to identify and remove the culls from - cull�er noun Function: noun Date: 1809 : something rejected especially as being inferior or worthless <how to separate good-looking pecans from culls -- Washington Post> Personally, I prefer "to select from a group". :-) Glenn
