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Rarediff
The correct spelling is diff.
How to pronounce diff
/dɪf/
nounIPA: /dɪf/
Say it like: Dif-f
The correct spelling is diff. Any program which compares two files or sets of files and outputs a description of the differences between them. For example: "You need to learn to be more tolerant of difference."
Usage Examples
“You need to learn to be more tolerant of difference.”
“There are three differences between these two pictures.”
“We have our little differences, but we are firm friends.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.Any program which compares two files or sets of files and outputs a description of the differences between them.
- 2.The output of a diff program. A diff file.
- 3.A difficult route.
- 4.The quality of being different.
- 5.A characteristic of something that makes it different from something else.
verb
- 1.To run a diff program on (files or items) so as to produce a description of the differences between them, as for a patch file.
- 2.To compare two files or other objects, manually or otherwise.
proper noun
- 1.A program, historically part of the Unix operating system, which compares two files or sets of files and outputs a description of the differences between them.
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