stub
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Middle English stubbe (“‘tree stump’”) < Old English stybb (“‘tree stump’”)
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[edit] Noun
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stub (plural stubs)
- Something blunted, stunted, or cut short, such as stubble or a stump.
- A piece of certain paper items, designed to be torn off and kept for record or identification purposes.
- check stub, ticket stub, payment stub
- (computing) A placeholder procedure that has the signature of the planned procedure but does not yet implement the intended behavior. ([1], [2], [3]).
- 1996, Chip Weems, Nell Dale, Pascal:
- Even though the stub is a dummy, it allows us to determine whether the procedure is called at the right time by the program or calling procedure.
- 1996, Chip Weems, Nell Dale, Pascal:
- (computing) A procedure that translates requests from external systems into a format suitable for processing and then submits those requests for processing. ([4], [5], [6])
- 2002, Judith M Myerson, The Complete Book of Middleware:
- After this, the server stub calls the actual procedure on the server.
- 2002, Judith M Myerson, The Complete Book of Middleware:
- (wikis) A page providing only minimal information and intended for later development.
- The remaining part of the docked tail of a dog
- An unequal first or last interest calculation period, as a part of a financial swap contract
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[edit] Translations
something cut short, blunted, or stunted
a piece of certain paper items, designed to be torn off and kept for record or identification purposes
computing: a placeholder procedure
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computing: procedure that translates external requests into a suitable format
(wikis) page providing minimal information
finance: part of a financial swap contract
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to stub (third-person singular simple present stubs, present participle stubbing, simple past and past participle stubbed)
- To remove most of a tree, bush, or other rooted plant by cutting it close to the ground.
- To remove a plant by pulling it out by the roots.
- To jam, hit, or bump, especially a toe.
- I stubbed my toe trying to find the light switch in the dark.
[edit] Translations
to remove most of a tree, bush, or other rooted plant by cutting it close to the ground
to remove a plant by pulling it out by the roots
to jam, hit, or bump, especially a toe
[edit] External links
- stub in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- stub in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- stub at OneLook® Dictionary Search
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[edit] Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *stъlbъ.
[edit] Noun
stȗb m. (Cyrillic spelling сту̑б)
[edit] Declension
declension of stub
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| nominative | stub | stubovi |
| genitive | stuba | stubova |
| dative | stubu | stubovima |
| accusative | stub | stubove |
| vocative | stube | stubovi |
| locative | stubu | stubovima |
| instrumental | stubom | stubovima |
