DIFF

Date "DIFF" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1917. (references)

Specialty Definition: DIFF

Domain	Definition
Computing	Diff /dif/ n. 1. A change listing, especially giving differences between (and additions to) source code or documents (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(1)' command, esp. when used as specification input to the `patch(1)' utility (which can actually perform the modifications; see patch). This is a common method of distributing patches and source updates in the Unix/C world. 3. v. To compare (whether or not by use of automated tools on machine-readable files); see also vdiff, mod. Source: Jargon File.
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Specialty Definition: Diff

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

diff is a Unix utility that outputs the difference between two text files. It is invoked from the command line with the name of two files:

$ diff firstone.txt secondone.txt

In unified format, each line that occurs only in the left file is preceded by a minus sign, each line that occurs only in the right file is preceded by a plus sign, and common lines are preceded by a space.

Lines beginning with three plus signs indicate the number of lines in each hunk, the file names, and where in the files to find them. Diffs are often used as input to the patch program.

The GNU Project has an implementation of diff (and diff3), in the diffutils package.

The Windows utility WinMerge is based on the GNU diffutils engine, as a way to provide a graphical display of the same information. There are other such utilities, for various platforms.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Diff."

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: DIFF

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
DIFF	English	Development Import Finance Facility	N/A
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Crosswords: DIFF

Specialty definitions using "DIFF": optical diff ♦ vdiff. (references)

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Commercial Usage: DIFF

Domain	Title
Books	Maple IBM Notebook - Diff Equ W/Comp Lab (reference) Math Theory Diff React Permeable V1 (reference) Numerical Solution Partial Diff Equations 2/E 07 (reference) Sol-Ord Diff Equ W/Mod Apps (reference) Spec Ed a First Course in Diff Equations (reference) (more book examples)

High Tech	STORAGEWORKS LIBRARY ADAPTER PCI SCSI WIDE DIFF 2CH VHDCI (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
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Usage Frequency: DIFF

"DIFF" is generally used as an unclassified items -- approximately 55.56% of the time. "DIFF" is used about 45 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Unclassified Items	55.56%	25	69,787
Noun (singular)	35.56%	16	87,710
Noun (proper)	4.44%	2	245,945
Lexical Verb (base form)	2.22%	1	339,140
Adjective (general or positive)	2.22%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	45	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: DIFF

Expression using "DIFF": optical diff. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "DIFF": diff-lock, diff-locks.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: DIFF

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
c diff	180	diff quick	5
diff	115	c diff toxin	5
diff rent stroke	35	cbc diff w	5
diff file	24	diff component	4
diff hu	18	ball diff pro rustler	4
diff window	14	diff quik	4
win diff	12	diff cover	4
cbc diff	10	diff guard	4
clostridium diff	10	diff hillary	4
diff doc	8	diff lock	3
diff tool	8	diff unix	3
comm diff	7	c diff symptom	3
diff hilary	7	diff exam pro	3
visual diff	7	baq diff	3
bacterium c diff	6	diff la	3
xml diff	6	diff locker	3
c diff infection	6	diff utility	3
c colitis diff	6	diff text	3
binary diff	5	date diff oracle	3
diff exam	5	diff directory	3
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Modern Translation: DIFF

Language		Translations for "DIFF"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Thai		ความแตกต่าง (difference, divergence, gap). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: DIFF

Derivations
	Words beginning with "DIFF": differ, differed, difference, differenced, differences, differencing, different, differentia, differentiabilities, differentiability, differentiable, differentiae, differential, differentially, differentials, differentiate, differentiated, differentiates, differentiating, differentiation, differentiations, differently, differentness, differentnesses, differing, differs, difficile, difficult, difficulties, difficultly, difficulty, diffidence, diffidences, diffident, diffidently, diffract, diffracted, diffracting, diffraction, diffractions, diffractometer, diffractometers, diffractometric, diffractometries, diffractometry, diffracts, diffuse, diffused, diffusely, diffuseness, diffusenesses. (additional references)
	Words containing "DIFF": cytodifferentiation, cytodifferentiations, dedifferentiate, dedifferentiated, dedifferentiates, dedifferentiating, dedifferentiation, dedifferentiations, immunodiffusion, immunodiffusions, indifference, indifferences, indifferencies, indifferency, indifferent, indifferentism, indifferentisms, indifferentist, indifferentists, indifferently, interdiffuse, interdiffused, interdiffuses, interdiffusing, interdiffusion, interdiffusions, nondiffusible, overdifferentiation, overdifferentiations, undifferentiated. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: DIFF

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "d-f-f-i"
	-1 letter: fid, iff.
	-2 letters: id, if.
	Words containing the letters "d-f-f-i"
	+1 letter: fifed.
	+2 letters: biffed, differ, miffed, riffed, tiffed.
	+3 letters: affined, affixed, coiffed, daffier, daffily, daffing, differs, diffuse, distaff, doffing, effendi, fiefdom, midriff, offside, piaffed, piffled, riffled, sniffed, spiffed, stiffed, whiffed.
	+4 letters: affirmed, coffined, daffiest, daffodil, dandriff, differed, diffract, diffused, diffuser, diffuses, diffusor, distaffs, draffier, draffish, effendis, fiefdoms, fivefold, midriffs, niffered, offsides, seriffed, skiffled, sniffled, squiffed, sufficed, suffixed, tariffed, tiffined, whiffled.
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