quine

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 See also 2 Scots 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun

[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

From the name of the logician Willard van Orman Quine, via Douglas Hofstadter.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (US) SAMPA: /kwaIn/

[edit] Noun

quine (plural quines)

1. (computing) A program that produces its own source code as output.

[edit] Verb

to quine (third-person singular simple present quines, present participle quining, simple past and past participle quined)

1. (philosophy) To deny the existence or significance of something obviously real or important.

[edit] See also

• Quine in the Jargon File

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[edit] Scots

[edit] Etymology

Variant of quean, cognate with English queen.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /kwəin/

[edit] Noun

quine (plural quines)

1. (Doric) young woman, girl, daughter