diff

/dɪf/ · noun

Meaning

Any program which compares two files or sets of files and outputs a description of the differences between them.
The output of a diff program. A diff file.
A difficult route.
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.
To compare two files or other objects, manually or otherwise.
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.
The quality of being different.
A characteristic of something that makes it different from something else.
A disagreement or argument.
Significant change in or effect on a situation or state.
The result of a subtraction; sometimes the absolute value of this result.
Choice; preference.
The differential gear in an automobile etc
A qualitative or quantitative difference between similar or comparable things
An infinitesimal change in a variable, or the result of differentiation
One of two coils of conducting wire so related to one another or to a magnet or armature common to both, that one coil produces polar action contrary to that of the other.
A form of conductor used for dividing and distributing the current to a series of electric lamps so as to maintain equal action in all.

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