nroff
English
Etymology
Name of the program, short for new roff; an earlier similar program was called roff, a shortening of runoff.
Pronunciation
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Verb
nroff (third-person singular simple present nroffs, present participle nroffing, simple past and past participle nroffed)
- (transitive, computing) To format (text) using the nroff program, which produces output suitable for simple fixed-width printers and terminal windows.
- 1985, Eric Foxley, UNIX for super-users, page 158:
- The user either selects a new filename, edits the default file, nroffs it to the screen, or to a printer, or logs out.