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What (who) is stub - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Stubs; Stub (disambiguation); Stubb; Stubs (disambiguation)
stub
1. <programming> A dummy procedure used when linking a program
with a run-time library. The stub routine need not contain
any code and is only present to prevent "undefined label"
errors at link time.
2. <programming, networking> A local procedure in a {remote
procedure call}. The client calls the stub to perform some
task and need not necessarily be aware that RPC is involved.
The stub transmits parameters over the network to the server
and returns the results to the caller.
(1995-11-09)
stub
I. n.
1.
Stump.
2.
Log, block.
II. v. a.
1.
Eradicate, grub up, extirpate.
2.
(Colloq., U S.) Strike (as the toes, against a stump, stone, etc.).
stub
n.
1) a pencil; ticket stub
2) a check (AE), cheque (BE) stub
Examples of use of stub
1. The governor‘s job pays $175,000, nearly triple his current stub.
2. When I told him what we had done with his boarding pass stub, he was appalled.
3. One nurse tells how a patient threatened to stub a cigarette out in her eye.
4. The cartoon, which ran a week later, pictured three baboons laughing at a soldier‘s pay stub.
5. Some celebrities still of course refuse to stub out their cigarettes.