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| Domain | Definition |
Computing | C++ /C'-pluhs-pluhs/ n. Designed by Bjarne Stroustrup of AT&T Bell Labs as a successor to C. Now one of the languages of choice, although many hackers still grumble that it is the successor to either Algol 68 or Ada (depending on generation), and a prime example of second-system effect. Almost anything that can be done in any language can be done in C++, but it requires a language lawyer to know what is and what is not legal-- the design is _almost_ too large to hold in even hackers' heads. Much of the cruft results from C++'s attempt to be backward compatible with C. Stroustrup himself has said in his retrospective book "The Design and Evolution of C++" (p. 207), "Within C++, there is a much smaller and cleaner language struggling to get out." [Many hackers would now add "Yes, and it's called Java" --ESR] calculator [Cambridge] n. Syn. for bitty box. Camel Book n. Universally recognized nickname for the book "Programming Perl", by Larry Wall and Randal L. Schwartz, O'Reilly and Associates 1991, ISBN 0-937175-64-1 (second edition 1996, ISBN 1-56592-149-6; third edition 2000, 0-596-00027-8, adding as auhors Tom Christiansen and Jon Orwant but dropping Randal Schwartz). The definitive reference on Perl. can vt. To abort a job on a time-sharing system. Used esp. when the person doing the deed is an operator, as in "canned from the {console". Frequently used in an imperative sense, as in "Can that print job, the LPT just popped a sprocket!" Synonymous with gun. It is said that the ASCII character with mnemonic CAN (0011000) was used as a kill-job character on some early OSes, but this is more likely to be short for `cancel'. Alternatively, this term may derive from mainstream slang `canned' for being laid off or fired. can't happen The traditional program comment. Source: Jargon File. |
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Crosswords: C# |
| English words defined with "C#": Subindex ♦ Trinomial. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "C#": Adenine Nucleotide Translocase, Antigens, CD55, aromatic compound ♦ C3 plants, C4 plants, CAM plants, Complement 1q, Complement 1s, Complement 2, Complement 3 Nephritic Factor, Complement 3a, Complement 3b, Complement 4, Complement 4a, Complement 5, Complement 5a, Complement 6, Complement 7, Complement Activation, Complement Membrane Attack Complex, Complement Pathway, Alternative, counter command, control and communications, cupferron ♦ Gentamicins ♦ Immune Adherence Reaction ♦ kappa carbide ♦ lyddite ♦ Median Nerve, Musculocutaneous Nerve ♦ NASTRAN ♦ OPS5, Orange Book ♦ Pythagoras, theorem of ♦ radiation constants ♦ Ubiquinol-Cytochrome-c Reductase ♦ WarGames, Windows NT. (references) |
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Health | One possible mechanism demonstrated in experimental animals is the inhibition of complement-dependent tissue damage caused by binding of IVIG to active C3 fragments. (references) | |
Nerves from each segment connect to specific regions of the body. The segments in the neck, or cervical region, referred to as C1 through C8, control signals to the neck, arms, and hands. (references) | ||
Complement proteins circulate in the blood in an inactive form. The so-called "complement cascade" is set off when the first complement molecule, C1, encounters antibody bound to antigen in an antigen-antibody complex. (references) | ||
Human Rights | Cameroon | The victims' families formed another group, the Committee for the Defense of the Nine (C9), and in late February, began to organize weekly protests to demand the whereabouts of the young men. (references) |
Cameroon | There also were reports that a prominent Member of Parliament (M.P.) promised vacations, government positions, and cash to various members of the C9 to persuade them to stop their weekly protests, which ended with the arrest of Ousmanou. (references) | |
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Expressions using "C#": fructose ( C6 H12 06 ) ♦ glucose ( C6 H12 06 ) ♦ hexoses ( C6 H12 06 ) ♦ levulosins ( C6 H10 05 ). Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
c5 citroën | 3 |
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| Language | Translations for "C#"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | C6 H10 05 (levulosins ( C6 H10 05 )), levulosan (levulosins ( C6 H10 05 )), heksose (hexose, hexoses ( C6 H12 06 )), glykose (glucose ( C6 H12 06 )), frugtsukker (fructose, fructose ( C6 H12 06 ), fruit sugar, laevulose, levulose), frugtose (fructose ( C6 H12 06 ), levulose). (various references) | |
Dutch | levulose (fructose, fructose ( C6 H12 06 ), fruit sugar, laevulose, levulose), levulosaan (levulosins ( C6 H10 05 )), hexosen (hexoses ( C6 H12 06 )), glucose (glucose), fructose (fructose, fructose ( C6 H12 06 ), fruit sugar, laevulose, levulose). (various references) | |
Finnish | levulosiini (levulosins ( C6 H10 05 )), levuloosi (fructose ( C6 H12 06 ), levulose), heksoosi (hexose, hexoses ( C6 H12 06 )), hedelmäsokeri (fructose), glukoosi (glucose ( C6 H12 06 )), fruktoosi (fructose ( C6 H12 06 ), levulose). (various references) | |
French | lévulose (fructose ( C6 H12 06 )), hydrocarbure trois atomes de carbone (C3-hydrocarbon), fructose (d-fructose, fructose ( C6 H12 06 )). (various references) | |
German | C6 H10 05 (levulosins ( C6 H10 05 )), Traubenzucker (dextrose, glucose, grape sugar), Laevulose C6H12O6 (fructose ( C6 H12 06 ), levulose), Hexosen C6H12O6 (hexoses ( C6 H12 06 )), Fructose (d-fructose, fructose, fructose ( C6 H12 06 ), fruit sugar, laevulose, levulose), Fruchtzucker (fructose). (various references) | |
Greek | γλυκόζη (glucose), φρουκτόζη (fructose), εξόζες (hexoses ( C6 H12 06 )), λαιβουλόζη (fructose ( C6 H12 06 ), levulose), λαιβουλοζάνη (levulosins ( C6 H10 05 )). (various references) | |
Italian | levulosio (d-fructose, fructose, fructose ( C6 H12 06 ), fruit sugar, laevulose, levulose). (various references) | |
Portuguese | levulose (fructose ( C6 H12 06 ), levulose), levulosane (levulosins ( C6 H10 05 )), hexoses (hexoses ( C6 H12 06 )), glucose (dextrose, glucose, glucose ( C6 H12 06 ), grape sugar, starch sugar), fructose (fructose ( C6 H12 06 ), levulose), fructosane (levulosins ( C6 H10 05 )). (various references) | |
Spanish | levulosana (levulosins ( C6 H10 05 )), levulosa (fructose ( C6 H12 06 ), levulose), hexosas (hexoses ( C6 H12 06 )), glucosa (glucose), fructuosa (fructose ( C6 H12 06 ), levulose). (various references) | |
Swedish | hexoser (hexoses ( C6 H12 06 )), glukos (glucose), fruktos (fructose, fruit sugar). (various references) | |
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