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Definition: AWK

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Odd; out of order; perverse.[Websters]
2. Wrong, or not commonly used; clumsy; sinister; as, the awk end of a rod (the but end).[Websters]
3. Clumsy in performance or manners; unhandy; not dexterous; awkward.[Websters]
4. Infrequently used base adjective of the adverb awkly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb 1. Perversely; in the wrong way.[Websters].
Adverb Form
(awkly)		 1. In an unlucky (left-handed) or perverse manner.[Websters].
2. Awkwardly.[Websters].
3. In an awkward manner.[Eve - graph theoretic]
4. Rarely used adverbial inflection of the adjective awk.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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"Awk" is a common misspelling or typo for: ask, awe, hawk, ark, awl, auk, gawk, mawk, pawk, dawk, cawk.

Date "Awk" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1469. (references)

Specialty Definition: AWK

Domain Definition
Computing Awk /awk/ 1. n. [Unix techspeak] An interpreted language for massaging text data developed by Alfred Aho, Peter Weinberger, and Brian Kernighan (the name derives from their initials). It is characterized by C-like syntax, a declaration-free approach to variable typing and declarations, associative arrays, and field-oriented text processing. See also Perl. 2. n. Editing term for an expression awkward to manipulate through normal regexp facilities (for example, one containing a newline). 3. vt. To process data using `awk(1)'. = B = Source: Jargon File.
Military Water Tanker. (references)
Technology Aho, Weinberger, Kernighan (UNIX tool). (references)

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Common Expressions: AWK

Expressions Definition
Wan Awk Pansa Wan Awk Pansa (Thai วันออกพรรษา) is the last day of the Thai observance of vassa. It occurs in October, three lunar months after Wan Kao Pansa. (references)

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Specialty Expressions: AWK

Expressions Domain Definition
GNU awk Computing GNU awk gawk. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing..

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: AWK

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry Source Expression Field
AWK English Al Aho, peter Weinberger, brian Kernighan Computer - (Unix)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Extended Definition: AWK (alternative meanings)

AWK

AWK may refer to

  • AWK (programming language) (after names of its inventors, Aho, Weinberger, Kernighan)
  • The National Rail code for Adwick railway station, United Kingdom
  • Andrew W.K., a pop/rock musician

See also

  • Auk

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "AWK (disambiguation)"


Topics by Level of Interest: AWK

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
AWK (programming language) 42     AWK (alternative meanings) 2
Wan Awk Pansa 3     AWK (programming language) 42
AWK (alternative meanings) 2     Wan Awk Pansa 3

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).

"awk" is a common misspelling or typo for: ask, awe, hawk, ark, awl, auk, gawk, mawk, pawk, dawk, cawk.

Synonyms: awk
Position Synonyms (sorted by strength)

Verb

 trying.

Adjective

 awkward, clumsy, odd, perverse, sinister, adverse, embarrassing, ungraceful.
Consider also: difficult, grievous, harsh, impractical, inconvenient, indecorous, nasty, poor, reluctant, ugly, unbecoming, unkind, unlucky, unprofitable, unseemly, grotesque, exceptional, contrary, fractious.

Adverb

 perversely.
Consider also: contrarily, obstinately, stubbornly, contrariwise, waywardly.

Other

 unskillful, untoward.

Expression

 not dexterous, without skill.
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