ALL meanings of diff
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D d - noun Technical meaning of diff /dif/ 1. A change listing, especially giving differences between (and additions to) different versions of a piece of source code or documentation (the term is often used in the plural "diffs"). "Send me your diffs for the Jargon File!" Compare vdiff. 2. Specifically, such a listing produced by the diff Unix command, especially when used as input to the patch utility (which actually performs the modifications). This is a common method of distributing patches and source updates. 3. To compare (whether or not by use of automated tools on machine-readable files). See also vdiff, mod. 1
- noun diff Compare (files) in order to determine how or whether they differ. 1
- abbreviation DIFF difference 0
- noun diff (Slang) Abbreviation of difference. 0
- noun diff (computing) Any program which compares two files or sets of files and outputs a description of the differences between them. 0
- noun diff (computing) The output of a diff program. A diff file. 0
- noun diff (medicine) Abbreviation of differential: differential of types of white blood cell in a complete blood count. 0
- noun diff (Slang) Abbreviation of difficult. 0
- noun diff (rock climbing) A difficult route. 0
- verb diff (Transitive Verb) (computing) To run a diff program on (files or items) so as to produce a description of the differences between them, as for a patch file. 0
- verb diff (Transitive Verb) (computing) To compare two files or other objects, manually or otherwise. 0