| Free On-line Dictionary of Computing jargon, programming languages, tools, architecture, operating systems, networking, theory, conventions, standards, mathematics, telecoms, electronics, institutions, companies, projects, products, history, in fact anything to do with computing. Copyright 1993 by Denis Howe Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, Front- or Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "{GNU Free Documentation License}". Please refer to the dictionary as "The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, http://foldoc.org/, Editor Denis Howe" or similar. The dictionary has been growing since 1985 and now contains over 14000 definitions in over five megabytes of text. Entries are cross-referenced to each other and to related resources elsewhere on the net. Where {LaTeX} commands for certain non-{ASCII} symbols are mentioned, they are described in their own entries. "\" is also used to represent the Greek lower-case lambda used in {lambda-calculus}. Cross-references to other entries look {like this}. Note that not all cross-references actually lead anywhere yet, but if you find one that leads to something inappropriate, please {let me know (feedback.html)}. Dates after entries indicate when that entry was last updated. They do not imply that it was up-to-date at that time. You can search the latest version of the dictionary on the {WWW} at URL http://foldoc.org/. If you find an entry that is wrong or inadequate please let me know. See {Pronunciation} for how to interpret the pronunciation given for some entries. {More about FOLDOC (about.html)}. (2007-07-25) Acknowledgements (contributors.html)}, and especially to the {Guest Editors (editors.html)}, mirror site maintainers and the maintainers of the following resources from which some entries originate: Mike Sendall's STING Software engineering glossary Bill Kinnersley's {Language List (http://people.ku.edu/~nkinners/LangList/Extras/langlist.htm)} v2.2, 1994-01-15, Mark Hopkins' catalogue of Free Compilers and Interpreters v6.4, 1994-02-28, The on-line hacker {Jargon File} v3.0.0, 1993-07-27, Internet Users' Glossary (RFC 1392, FYI 18), Jan 1993. John Cross's computer glossary, 1994-11-01. John Bayko's Great Microprocessors of the Past and Present, v4.0.0, 1994-08-18. {Electronic Commerce Dictionary}. (2007-11-16) Missing definition __computing__ dictionary. It includes lots of terms from related fields such as mathematics and electronics, but if you're looking for (or want to submit) words from other subjects or general English words or other languages, try {(http://wikipedia.org/)}, {(http://onelook.com/)}, {(http://yourdictionary.com/)} or {(http://reference.allrefer.com/)}. If you've already searched the dictionary for a computing term and it's not here then please __don't tell me__. There are, and always will be, a great many missing terms, no dictionary is ever complete. I use my limited time to process the corrections and definitions people have submitted and to add the {most frequently requested missing terms (missing.html)}. Try one of the sources mentioned above or {(http://techweb.com/encyclopedia/)}, {(http://whatis.techtarget.com/)} or {(http://google.com/)}. See also the note on {bad cross-references (dangling.html)}. What does ... mean? How do I ...? Where can I find ...? I'm afraid I don't have time to answer personal requests for definitions, help configure your PC, do your homework, or explain what that Windoze error message means, etc. so please __don't ask me__. How do I submit a definition? I'm afraid I can't accept any more new definitions at the moment, I have a huge backlog awaiting processing. (2007-08-02) ! {exclamation mark} " {double quote} # {hash} $ {dollar} $1 programming and related languages. Occurrences of $1 are replaced by the first {actual argument} provided by the user when the {shell script} is run. $2 is replaced by the second argument, and so on up to $9. You may have arrived at this entry by following a {URL} like "http://foldoc.org?$1", which is actually a {template} used to generate pointers to FOLDOC definitions by replacing "$1" with the term to be defined, e.g. in a {wiki} {interwiki map}. (2006-09-10) % {percent} , {comma} 0 {zero} |
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