:EOL: /E-O-L/ [End Of Line] n. Syn. for {newline}, derived
perhaps from the original CDC6600 Pascal. Now rare, but widely
recognized and occasionally used for brevity. Used in the
example entry under {BNF}. See also {EOF}.
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perhaps from the original CDC6600 Pascal. Now rare, but widely
recognized and occasionally used for brevity. Used in the
example entry under {BNF}. See also {EOF}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
- EOL /E-O-L/ n.
[End Of Line] Syn. for newline,
derived perhaps from the original CDC6600 Pascal.
Now rare, but widely recognized and occasionally... - EOF: /E-O-F/ [abbreviation, `End Of File'] n. 1. [techspeak] The
{out-of-band} value returned by C's sequential character-input
functions (and their equivalents in other environments) when end of
file has been reached.
This value is -1 under C libraries postdating V6... - EOF /E-O-F/ n.
[abbreviation, `End Of File']
1.
[techspeak] The out-of-band value returned by C's ... - BNF /B-N-F/ n.
1. [techspeak] Acronym for `Backus
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a metasyntactic notation used to specify the syntax... - crlf: /ker'l*f/, sometimes /kru'l*f/ or /C-R-L-F/ n.
(often capitalized as `CRLF') A carriage return... - newline: /n[y]oo'li:n/ n. 1. [techspeak, primarily UNIX] The
ASCII LF character (0001010),
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occasionally in speech. 2. n.,obs. On ITS, an output... - terpri: /ter'pree/ [from LISP 1.5 (and later, MacLISP)] vi.
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