Snoop is a noun referring to a
busybody
A busybody, do-gooder, meddler, or marplot is someone who meddles in the affairs of others.
An early study of the type was made by the ancient Greek philosopher Theophrastus in his typology, ''Characters'', "In the proffered services of the bus ...
who pries into the business of others; it is also a verb referring to the act of snooping.
Snoop may also refer to:
People with the name
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Snoop Conner
Jarod Devon "Snoop" Conner (born August 1, 2000) is an American football running back for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Ole Miss.
Professional career
Conner was drafted by the Ja ...
(born 2000), American football player
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Snoop Dogg
Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. (born October 20, 1971), known professionally as Snoop Dogg (previously Snoop Doggy Dogg and briefly Snoop Lion), is an American rapper. His fame dates back to 1992 when he featured on Dr. Dre's debut solo single, " ...
, an American rapper, actor and music producer
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Felicia Pearson
Felicia Pearson (born May 18, 1980) is an American actress, rapper and author. She played Felicia "Snoop" Pearson on ''The Wire'' and wrote a 2007 memoir, ''Grace After Midnight,'' detailing her troubled childhood and time in prison for second- ...
, nicknamed "Snoop", the actress who plays the eponymous character on ''The Wire''
Arts, entertainment, and media
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Snoop (''The Wire''), a character in the television series ''The Wire''
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Snoopy
Snoopy is an anthropomorphic beagle in the comic strip ''Peanuts'' by Charles M. Schulz. He can also be found in all of the ''Peanuts'' films and television specials. Since his debut on October 4, 1950, Snoopy has become one of the most recog ...
, a famous Beagle in the comic strip ''Peanuts''
Computing and technology
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Snoop (software)
Snoop software is a command line packet analyzer included in the Solaris Operating System created by Sun Microsystems. Its source code was available via the OpenSolaris project.
See also
*Comparison of packet analyzers
*Network tap
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, a utility to capture and inspect network packets, included with the Solaris operating system
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Bus snooping Bus snooping or bus sniffing is a scheme by which a coherency controller (snooper) in a cache (a snoopy cache) monitors or snoops the bus transactions, and its goal is to maintain a cache coherency in distributed shared memory systems. A cache cont ...
in a microprocessor's cache coherency mechanism
Other uses
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Eastern Ultralights Snoop
The Eastern Ultralights Snoop is a family of American ultralight aircraft that was designed by Bob Able and produced by Eastern Ultralights, starting in 1981. The aircraft was supplied as a kit for amateur construction.Cliche, Andre: ''Ultrali ...
, a family of ultralight aircraft
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Snooping (disambiguation)
"Snooping" can refer to:
Computer science
* Bus sniffing, also known as ''bus snooping''
* IGMP snooping
* DHCP snooping
* and in general listening in to any kind of communication protocol (such as ARP, TCP and so on)
Statistics
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Snoopy (disambiguation) Snoopy is a dog in the comic strip ''Peanuts'' by Charles M. Schulz.
Snoopy may also refer to:
* Snoopy (band), Dutch disco duo of the late 1970s
* Snoopy (artist), Quincy Delight Jones III (born 1968), a Swedish-American producer and author
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