Wikipedia: Grok

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Grok, to put it simply, means "To understand fully".

Grok is a slang verb sometimes used by geeks roughly meaning "to understand completely".
The term originated in Robert Heinlein's novel Stranger in a Strange Land, where it is used by a
man raised with Martians and literally means "to drink".

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The word comes from Heinlein's 'Stranger in a Strange Land' where it is a word used by a martian and that literally means "To drink".

A character in the novel (not the primary user) defines it:

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The character in Heinlein's novel defines it as such:

'Grok' means to understand so thoroughly that the observer becomes a part of the observed - to merge, blend, intermarry, lose identity in group experience. It means almost everything that we mean by religion, philosophy, and science - and it means as little to us (because we are from Earth) as color means to a blind man.'

:"'Grok' means to understand so thoroughly that the observer becomes a part of the observed--to merge, blend, intermarry, lose identity in group experience. It means almost everything that we mean by religion, philosophy, and science--and it means as little to us (because we are from Earth) as color means to a blind man."

Grok is a slang verb sometimes used by geeks roughly meaning "to understand completely". The term originated in Robert Heinlein's novel Stranger in a Strange Land, where it is used by a man raised with Martians and literally means "to drink".

A character in the novel (not the primary user) defines it:

: "'Grok' means to understand so thoroughly that the observer becomes a part of the observed--to merge, blend, intermarry, lose identity in group experience. It means almost everything that we mean by religion, philosophy, and science--and it means as little to us (because we are from Earth) as color means to a blind man."