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Definition of 'diff'English
Noun
( en-noun)
(slang)
- A peach and an apricot? What's the diff ?
(computing) Any program which compares two files or sets of files and outputs a description of the differences between them.
(computing) The output of a diff program. A diff file.
* 2004 , , Great Hackers , Essay :
- I didn't want to waste people's time telling them things they already knew. It's more efficient just to give them the diffs .
(medicine) : differential of types of white blood cell in a complete blood count.
(slang)
(rock climbing) A difficult route.
Verb
( en-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.
(computing) To compare two files or other objects, manually or otherwise.
Proper noun
( en-proper noun)
(computing) A program, historically part of the Unix operating system, which compares two files or sets of files and outputs a description of the differences between them.
See also
* (computing ) patch
Related terms
* (computing ) diff file
Similar to 'diff'daff, deaf, doff, duff, def, doof, daf, dif, deef, deff, dowf, dtf
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