stub
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Middle English stubbe (“tree stump”), from Old English stybb (“tree stump”) , from Proto-Germanic *stubjaz (compare Middle Dutch stubbe, Old Norse stubbr), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teu-; compare steep (“sharp slope”).
Sense extended in Middle English to similarly shaped objects. Verb sense “strike one’s toe” is recorded 1848; “extinguish a cigarette” 1927.[1]
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
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
Hyponyms [edit]
Translations [edit]
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: procedure that translates external requests into a suitable format
(wikis) page providing minimal information
remaining part of the docked tail of a dog
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finance: part of a financial swap contract
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Antonyms [edit]
Derived terms [edit]
Verb [edit]
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.
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
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
References [edit]
External links [edit]
- 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
Anagrams [edit]
Serbo-Croatian [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Proto-Slavic *stъlbъ.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /stûːb/
Noun [edit]
stȗb m (Cyrillic spelling сту̑б)
Declension [edit]
declension of stub
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | stub | stubovi |
| genitive | stuba | stubova |
| dative | stubu | stubovima |
| accusative | stub | stubove |
| vocative | stube | stubovi |
| locative | stubu | stubovima |
| instrumental | stubom | stubovima |
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- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English nouns
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- English verbs
- Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Serbo-Croatian nouns
- Serbo-Croatian masculine nouns
