print v.
To output, even if to a screen. If a hacker
says that a program "printed a message", he means this; if he
refers to printing a file, he probably means it in the conventional
sense of writing to a hardcopy device (compounds like `print job'
and `printout', on the other hand, always refer to the
latter). This very common term is likely a holdover from the days
when printing terminals were the norm, perpetuated by programming
language constructs like C's printf(3). See senses 1 and 2 of
tty.
To output, even if to a screen. If a hacker
says that a program "printed a message", he means this; if he
refers to printing a file, he probably means it in the conventional
sense of writing to a hardcopy device (compounds like `print job'
and `printout', on the other hand, always refer to the
latter). This very common term is likely a holdover from the days
when printing terminals were the norm, perpetuated by programming
language constructs like C's printf(3). See senses 1 and 2 of
tty.
Related:
- tty /T-T-Y/, /tit'ee/ n.
The latter pronunciation was
primarily ITS,
but some Unix people say it this way as well; this... - tty: /T-T-Y/ [UNIX], /tit'ee/ [ITS, but some UNIX people say it
this way as well;
this pronunciation is not considered to have sexual... - wedged adj.
1. To be stuck, incapable of proceeding
without help.
This is different from having crashed. If the system... - wedged: adj. 1. To be stuck, incapable of proceeding without
help.
This is different from having crashed. If the system... - frogging [University of Waterloo] v.
1. Partial corruption
of a text file or input stream by some bug or consistent glitch,
as opposed to random events like line noise or media... - frogging: [University of Waterloo] v. 1. Partial corruption of a
text file or input stream by some bug or consistent glitch,
as opposed to random events like line noise or media... - glitch /glich/
[very common; from German `glitschig' to
slip,
via Yiddish `glitshen', to slide or skid] 1. n. A ... - bug n.
An unwanted and unintended property of a program or
piece of hardware,
esp. one that causes it to malfunction. Antonym... - banner n.
1. The title page added to printouts by most
print spoolers (see spool).
Typically includes user or account ID information...
