cdr
English
Etymology
Acronym of contents of the decrement part of register number. Note that it was based on original hardware and has no meaning today.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈku.də/, /ˈku.dɚ/
Audio (US): (file) - IPA(key): /ˈkʌd.ə/, /ˈkʌd.ɚ/
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Noun
cdr (plural cdrs)
- (computing) The second part of a cons in LISP. The rest of a list when the first element is removed.
- Matt Kaufmann, Panagiotis Manolios, and J Strother Moore, Computer-aided reasoning: an approach, 2000 :
- The elements of a list are the successive cars along the "cdr chain." That is, the elements are the car, the car of the cdr, the car of the cdr of the cdr, etc.
- Matt Kaufmann, Panagiotis Manolios, and J Strother Moore, Computer-aided reasoning: an approach, 2000 :