quine
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From the name of the logician Willard van Orman Quine, via Douglas Hofstadter.
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[edit] Noun
quine (plural quines)
- (computing) A program that produces its own source code as output.
[edit] Verb
quine (third-person singular simple present quines, present participle quining, simple past and past participle quined)
- (philosophy) To deny the existence or significance of something obviously real or important.
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[edit] Scots
[edit] Etymology
Variant of quean, cognate with English queen.
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /kwəin/
[edit] Noun
quine (plural quines)
