stub

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[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

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]

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[edit] Noun

stub (plural stubs)

  1. Something blunted, stunted, or cut short, such as stubble or a stump.
  2. A piece of certain paper items, designed to be torn off and kept for record or identification purposes.
    check stub, ticket stub, payment stub
  3. (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.
  4. (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.
  5. (wikis) A page providing only minimal information and intended for later development.
  6. The remaining part of the docked tail of a dog
  7. 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
computing: procedure that translates external requests into a suitable format
(wikis) page providing minimal information
remaining part of the docked tail of a dog
finance: part of a financial swap contract
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[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Verb

stub (third-person singular simple present stubs, present participle stubbing, simple past and past participle stubbed)

  1. To remove most of a tree, bush, or other rooted plant by cutting it close to the ground.
  2. To remove a plant by pulling it out by the roots.
  3. 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] References

  1. ^ “stub” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001

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[edit] Serbo-Croatian

[edit] Alternative forms

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *stъlbъ.

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /stûːb/

[edit] Noun

stȗb m. (Cyrillic spelling сту̑б)

  1. pillar
  2. column (upright supporting beam)

[edit] Declension

    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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