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Gobo vs Goto - What's the difference?

gobo | goto |

As a noun gobo

is (film|television) a disc placed between a light and the illuminated object or actor in order to diffuse the glare or gobo can be the taproot of young burdock plants, eaten as a root vegetable.

As a verb goto is

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gobo

English

Etymology 1

Uncertain; possibly from (go-between). It is sometimes considered an acronym and spelled GOBO , but this may be a folk etymology.

Noun

(en noun)
  • (film, television) A disc placed between a light and the illuminated object or actor in order to diffuse the glare.
  • (theatre) A template inserted over a light source in order to control the shape of the thrown light.
  • A device used to shield a microphone from extraneous sounds.
  • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (-)
  • The taproot of young burdock plants, eaten as a root vegetable.
  • goto

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • (computing) Any construct which produces an unstructured jump in the flow of execution.
  • The setjmp/longjmp facility in C is essentially a GOTO .

    Derived terms

    *GOTO-less