Bob
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Contents
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Bob
- A diminutive of the male given name Robert.
Translations[edit]
Noun[edit]
Bob (plural Bobs)
- A generic male person.
- (cryptography, physics, etc.) A placeholder name for the person or system receiving a message or signal from a source conventionally known as Alice.
Usage notes[edit]
Despite being used as a common noun, the word is typically still treated as a name and left capitalized.
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
person or system receiving a message
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Anagrams[edit]
Portuguese[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Bob m
- (cryptography) Bob (person or system receiving a message)
- A male given name
Categories:
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English palindromes
- English diminutives of male given names
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Cryptography
- en:Physics
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese palindromes
- pt:Cryptography
- Portuguese male given names from English
