3-letter words starting with g
- gdb — (programming, tool) GNU debugger. The FSF's source-level debugger for C, C++ and other languages. Developed by many people but most recently Fred Fish <[email protected]>, Stu Grossman <[email protected]> and John Gilmore <[email protected]> all of Cygnus Support. GDB fills the same niche as dbx. Programs must be compiled to include debugging symbols. Version 4.11. Distributed under GNU CopyLeft. It runs on most Unix variants, VMS, VXWorks, Amiga and MS-DOS. FTP gdb-*.tar.[zZ] from a GNU archive site. E-mail: <[email protected]> (bug reports).
- gdi — Graphic Display Interface
- gdn — gdn is a written abbreviation for garden, for example in addresses, or in advertisements for houses that are for sale.
- gdp — Gross domestic product.
- gdr — German Democratic Republic (East Germany; DDR)
- gds — goods
- gea — Graph Extended ALGOL. Extension of ALGOL 60 for graph manipulation, on UNIVAC 1108. "A Language for Treating Graphs", S. Crespi-Reghizzi et al, CACM 13(5) (May 1970).
- geb — the god of the earth and the father of Osiris and Isis.
- ged — any fish of the pike family.
- gee — to agree; get along.
- geg — (dialectal, Northern England) To walk carelessly or in a careless manner.
- gei — A martial arts uniform.
- gel — Physical Chemistry. a semirigid colloidal dispersion of a solid with a liquid or gas, as jelly, glue, etc.
- gem — a cut and polished precious stone or pearl fine enough for use in jewelry.
- gen — generate
- geo — (Shetland, Orkney, Caithness) an inlet, gully or cleft in the face of a cliff.
- ger — A yurt.
- get — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- gev — giga-electronvolts (109 electronvolts)
- gey — Scot. considerably; very.
- gfe — girlfriend experience
- gfi — ground-fault interrupter
- gfr — Grim File Reaper
- gfs — Grandfather, Father, Son
- gfx — (computing) graphics.
- ghb — GHB is a drug with some medical uses, which some people take illegally to make them feel happy and energetic. GHB is an abbreviation for 'gamma hydroxybutyrate'.
- ghc — (language) 1. Guarded horn clauses. 2. Glasgow Haskell Compiler.
- ghi — Alternative spelling of ghee.
- ghq — law: general headquarters
- ghz — (unit) (GHz) Billions of cycles per second. The unit of frequency used to measure the clock rate of modern digital logic, including microprocessors.
- gib — a cat, especially a male cat.
- gic — Guaranteed Investment Certificate: a form of investment that earns interest but is guaranteed not to incur loss
- gid — a disease of cattle and especially of sheep in which the brain or spinal cord is infested with larvae of the dog tapeworm, Multiceps multiceps, producing staggers.
- gie — a lightweight, two-piece, usually white garment worn by barefooted martial-arts participants, consisting of loose-fitting pants and a wraparound jacket with cloth belt.
- gif — Graphics Interchange Format
- gig — gigabyte
- gil — a male given name, form of Gilbert.
- gim — (dialect, dated) neat; spruce.
- gin — a female Aborigine.
- gip — Informal: Sometimes Offensive. a swindle or fraud.
- gis — Geographical Information System
- git — British Slang. a foolish or contemptible person.
- gju — a type of violin used in Shetland
- gk. — of or relating to Greece, the Greeks, or their language.
- gks — Graphical Kernel System
- gla — Greater London Assembly, established in 2000
- glb — greatest lower bound
- glc — Greater London Council, abolished 1986
- gld — guilder
- gls — Guy Lewis Steele, Jr.