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def | diff |

As an abbreviation def

is deficit.

As an adjective def

is (us|slang) very good (short for "definitive" or "definitely").

As a noun diff is

(slang).

As a verb diff is

(computing) to run a diff program on (files or items) so as to produce a description of the differences between them, as for a patch file.

As a proper noun diff is

(computing) a program, historically part of the unix operating system, which compares two files or sets of files and outputs a description of the differences between them.

def

English

(wikipedia def)

Abbreviation

def.
  • deficit
  • definitely
  • definition
  • Adjective

    (deffer)
  • (US, slang) very good (short for "definitive" or "definitely")
  • Statistics

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    Anagrams

    * ---- ==Serbo-Croatian==

    Noun

  • daf
  • tambourine
  • Declension

    {{sh-decl-noun , d?f, dèfovi , defa, defova , defu, defovima , def, defove , defe, defovi , defu, defovima , defom, defovima }}

    See also

    * (l) ----

    diff

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang)
  • A peach and an apricot? What's the diff ?
  • (computing) Any program which compares two files or sets of files and outputs a description of the differences between them.
  • (computing) The output of a diff program. A diff file.
  • * 2004 , , Great Hackers , Essay:
  • I didn't want to waste people's time telling them things they already knew. It's more efficient just to give them the diffs .
  • (medicine) : differential of types of white blood cell in a complete blood count.
  • (slang)
  • (rock climbing) A difficult route.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (computing) To run a diff program on (files or items) so as to produce a description of the differences between them, as for a patch file.
  • (computing) To compare two files or other objects, manually or otherwise.
  • Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (computing) A program, historically part of the Unix operating system, which compares two files or sets of files and outputs a description of the differences between them.
  • See also

    * (computing ) patch