1.NounA compiler directive; data embedded in source code by programmers to indicate some intention to a compiler.
"This pragma stops the compiler from generating those warnings we don't care about."
2.NounIn early versions of HTTP, a general header that specifies some implementation-specific directive, to any recipient, and may specify that the HTTP response should not be cached.
3.NounA practical thing or action, as opposed to theory or belief (dogma).