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pragma

noun
/ˈpɹæɡmə/

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πρᾶγμα (prâgma, “a thing done, a fact”). In the technical senses perhaps a back-formation from pragmatic or a clipping of pragmat used earlier in ALGOL.

  1. borrowed from πρᾶγμα

Definitions

  1. A compiler directive

    A compiler directive; data embedded in source code by programmers to indicate some intention to a compiler.

    • This pragma stops the compiler from generating those warnings we don't care about.
    • […]users may also want to disable functionality such as function inlining via either a compiler command line option or compiler pragma, depending on the build tools system and functionality supported.

  2. In early versions of HTTP, a general header that specifies some implementation-specific…

    In early versions of HTTP, a general header that specifies some implementation-specific directive, to any recipient, and may specify that the HTTP response should not be cached.

    • It is not possible to specify a pragma for a specific recipient; however, any pragma directive not relevant to a recipient should be ignored by that recipient.

  3. A practical thing or action, as opposed to theory or belief (dogma).

    • At any given minute, we must choose between habitual action and thoughtful action, between Dogma and Pragma.
    • "If it is practical, a pragma, it is a thing and not a theory."

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for pragma. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA