Diff vs D - What's the difference?
diff | d |
(slang)
(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.
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(medicine) : differential of types of white blood cell in a complete blood count.
(slang)
(rock climbing) A difficult route.
(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.
(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.
The fourth letter of the .
D or notch.
cardinal number five hundred (500).
the (path-independent, ) differential of a quantity
voiced alveolar plosive
Image:Latin D.png, Capital and lowercase versions of D , in normal and italic type
Image:Fraktur letter D.png, Uppercase and lowercase D in Fraktur
Image:Uncial d.png, Approximate form of upper case letter D in uncial script that was the source for lower case d
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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.As a letter d is
the fourth letter of the.As a numeral d is
cardinal number five hundred (500).As a symbol d is
deuterium, when it needs to be distinguished from ordinary hydrogen.diff
English
Noun
(en noun)- A peach and an apricot? What's the diff ?
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 .