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Newer page: version 7 Last edited on Wednesday, February 11, 2004 1:25:07 pm by AristotlePagaltzis Revert
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 An [Acronym] with many meanings: 
  
-!!! CarbonCopy  
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-In ElectronicMail addressing a CarbonCopy recipient is sent a copy of the message and all other parties are (potentially) aware of that they have been sent a copy.  
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-!!! [C] [Compiler]  
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- In [Unix] tradition, the [C] [Compiler] binary is called __cc__[1] , and among the MakefileVariables, there's one called [CC] which stores the name of the [C] [Compiler] to use. On a [Linux] system, __cc__ is almost always a link to [GCC].  
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-!!! Credit Card  
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-A small piece of plastic that lets you spend money you don't have.  
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-[1] - although, on some proprietary [UNIX] OperatingSystems (*cough* [Solaris]*cough*) , __cc__ is a shell script that prints out something to the effect that you have not paid for the additional software development component of the system. 
+;; %%% __Carbon Copy__ : An recipient who is sent a copy of an [Email], but is not the primary addressee and is usually not expected to reply. The primary addressee are aware that the carbon copy recipient has received a copy of the message. The terminology goes back to the days when office communication was typewritten and carbon paper was used to produce several copies simulatanously. %%% %%% Compare [BCC] .  
+;; %%% __ [C] [Compiler]__ : In [Unix] tradition, the [C] [Compiler] binary is called __cc__, and among the MakefileVariables, there's one called [CC] which stores the name of the [C] [Compiler] to use. On a [Linux] system, __cc__ is almost always a link to [GCC]. On some proprietary [UNIX] [OperatingSystem]s, such as [Solaris], the default __cc__ is just a [Shell] script that prints out something to the effect that you have not paid for the additional software development component of the system.  
+;; __%%% Credit Card__ : A small piece of plastic that lets you spend money you don't have