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Prog vs Proc - What's the difference?

prog | proc |

As nouns the difference between prog and proc

is that prog is threshold while proc is .

As a verb proc is

(internet|of an object in a multi-user dungeon) to trigger a special event.

prog

English

Etymology 1

Abbreviations.

Adjective

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  • Abbreviation of progressive.
  • * 2003 , Frank Moriarty, Seventies Rock: The Decade of Creative Chaos
    • Captain Beyond had tentatively dipped their toe in the uncharted American waters of prog rock, but in England, progression was the name of the game, with a host of bands elevating themselves ...

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) Progressive rock
  • (computing, informal) A program.
  • * 2001 , "n.one", transfer progs from comp to comp'' (on newsgroup ''24hoursupport.helpdesk )
  • * 2001', "Yoda", ''How do I get '''progs to run when linux 7.1 starts up?'' (on newsgroup ''linux.redhat )
  • * 2003 , "Leo Edwards", Automating the Windows backup prog to commence backups?'' (on newsgroup ''microsoft.public.win98.apps )
    • I've looked around if I can get the prog to start a backup itself, but it still requires some manual commands.
  • proctor

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

  • (slang, obsolete) Victuals got by begging, or vagrancy; victuals of any kind; food; supplies.
    • (Jonathan Swift)
  • * (Robert Browning)
    • So long as he picked from the filth his prog .
  • (slang, obsolete) A vagrant beggar; a tramp.

    • Verb

    (progg)
  • (obsolete, slang) To wander about and beg; to seek food or other supplies by low arts; to seek advantage by mean tricks.
  • * Fuller
    • a perfect artist in progging for money
  • * Burke
    • I have been endeavouring to prog for you.
  • (obsolete, slang) To steal; to rob; to filch.
    • (Johnson)
  • (Scotland) To prick; to goad; to progue.
    • (Webster 1913)

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    proc

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)

    • Verb

  • (Internet, of an object in a multi-user dungeon) To trigger a special event.
  • * 2000 , "S H", The baddest weapons/armor'' (on newsgroup ''rec.games.mud.diku )
    • Dunno the weapons' stats, except they both procced fairly frequently - lightning sword procced decapitation (instant death), and the whip procced fire reel (or whatever it was called) which reeled to target into the balor's body, engulfing you in searing flames for big damage.
  • * 2000 , "Billy Shields", The truth about offhand procs'' (on newsgroup ''alt.games.everquest )
    • Establish a proccing percentage of a weapon by putting it in the primary hand and then put it in your offhand and check the proccing percentage with varying levels of dual wield skill (while keeping level and dex constant).

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