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Plumbing - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Plumbing : (noun)
1: utility consisting of the pipes and fixtures for the
distribution of water or gas in a building and for the
disposal of sewage [syn: plumbing system]
2: the occupation of a plumber (installing and repairing pipes
and fixtures for water or gas or sewage in a building)
[syn: plumbery]
3: measuring the depths of the oceans [syn: bathymetry]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Plumb \Plumb\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plumbed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Plumbing.]
1. To adjust by a plumb line; to cause to be perpendicular;
as, to plumb a building or a wall.
2. To sound with a plumb or plummet, as the depth of water;
hence, to examine by test; to ascertain the depth,
quality, dimension, etc.; to sound; to fathom; to test.
He did not attempt to plumb his intellect. --Ld.
Lytton.
3. To seal with lead; as, to plumb a drainpipe.
4. To supply, as a building, with a system of plumbing.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Plumbing : \Plumb"ing\, n.
1. The art of casting and working in lead, and applying it to
building purposes; especially, the business of furnishing,
fitting, and repairing pipes for conducting water, sewage,
etc. --Gwilt.
2. The lead or iron pipes, and other apparatus, used in
conveying water, sewage, etc., in a building.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Plumbing :
(Unix) Term used for shell code, so called because of the
prevalence of "{pipelines" that feed the output of one
program to the input of another. Under Unix, user utilities
can often be implemented or at least prototyped by a suitable
collection of pipelines and temporary file grinding
encapsulated in a shell script. This is much less effort
than writing C every time, and the capability is considered
one of Unix's major winning features. A few other operating
systems such as IBM's VM/CMS support similar facilities.
The tee utility is specifically designed for plumbing.
[{Jargon File]
(1995-02-23)
Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:
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Plumbing : n. [Unix] Term used for shell code, so called because of the
prevalence of `pipelines' that feed the output of one program to the
input of another. Under Unix, user utilities can often be implemented or
at least prototyped by a suitable collection of pipelines and temp-file
grinding encapsulated in a shell script; this is much less effort than
writing C every time, and the capability is considered one of Unix's
major winning features. A few other OSs such as IBM's VM/CMS support
similar facilities. Esp. used in the construction `hairy plumbing' (see
hairy). "You can kluge together a basic spell-checker out of
`sort(1)', `comm(1)', and `tr(1)' with a little plumbing." See also
tee.
Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:
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