What does "awk" indicate?
The three letters form an acronym for the authors of
the program: Aho, Weinberger, and Kernighan. The name
is probably also an abbreviated indictment of the
language's syntax.
The three letters form an acronym for the authors of
the program: Aho, Weinberger, and Kernighan. The name
is probably also an abbreviated indictment of the
language's syntax.
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- awk /awk/
1. n. [Unix techspeak] An interpreted language
for massaging text data developed by Alfred Aho,
Peter Weinberger, and Brian Kernighan (the name... - awk: 1. n. [UNIX techspeak] An interpreted language for massaging
text data developed by Alfred Aho,
Peter Weinberger, and Brian Kernighan (the name... - What does "Unix" stand for?
"Unix" is not an acronym,
so it doesn't stand for anything. A a contrast to an... - ACRONYM = Abbreviated Coded Rendition Of Name Yielding
Meaning... - TLA /T-L-A/ n.
[Three-Letter Acronym] 1. Self-describing
abbreviation for a species with which computing terminology is
infested.
2. Any confusing acronym. Examples include MCA, FTP... - foo /foo/
1. interj. Term of disgust. 2. [very
common] Used very generally as a sample name for absolutely
anything,
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1. [originally an acronym for
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later, `Text Editor and COrrector'] n. A text editor... - TLA: /T-L-A/ [Three-Letter Acronym] n. 1. Self-describing
abbreviation for a species with which computing terminology is
infested.
2. Any confusing acronym. Examples include MCA, FTP... - Pascal n.
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Niklaus Wirth on the CDC 6600 around 1967-68 as an instructional
tool for elementary programming.
This language, designed primarily to keep students...
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