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Diff

Noun

Definitionen

1.NounClipping of difference
"A peach and an apricot? What's the diff?"
2.NounClipping of differential
"This function takes that diff and plugs it into the larger structure."
3.NounUsed to trash-talk an opposing team at the end of a game by pointing out a skill difference between some role and the same role on the other team.
"tank diff (i.e., the deciding factor in the game was the difference in skill between the teams' tank players)"
4.NounAny program which compares two files or sets of files and outputs a description of the differences between them.
5.NounThe output of a diff program, a diff file.
"edit diff"
6.NounAbbreviation of differential: the differential gear in an automobile.
"This diff is capable of locking up when wheel slip occurs."
7.NounAbbreviation of differential: differential of types of white blood cell in a complete blood count.
"CBC with diff"
8.NounA difficult route.
9.NounClipping of difficulty. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
10.VerbTo run a diff program on (files or items) so as to produce a description of the differences between them, as for a patch file.
11.VerbTo compare two files or other objects, manually or otherwise.
12.VerbTo win (or to be able to win) a fight against another, with a defined level of difficulty. Usually used when power scaling fictional characters.
13.AdjectiveAbbreviation of different.
14.Proper nounA 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.
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