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Meaning of PUB

Pronunciation:  pub

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  (British) tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals
 
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 Synonyms: gin mill, pothouse, public house, saloon, taphouse
 
 See Also: alehouse, bar, barroom, free house, ginmill, tap house, taproom, tavern

 

 

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 Definition: 

1. PUBlishing. A 1972 text-formatting language for TOPS-10, with syntax based on SAIL. Influenced TeX and Scribe. ["PUB: The Document Compiler", Larry Tesler, Stanford AI Proj Op Note, Sept 1972].

2. /pub, the top-level, publicly accessible directory on most anonymous FTP archives. This is usually where the interesting files are. See pubic directory.

 
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