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From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]:
cons /konz/ or /kons/ [from LISP] 1. vt To add a new element
to a specified list, esp. at the top "OK, cons picking a replacement
for the console TTY onto the agenda." 2. `cons up': vt To synthesize
from smaller pieces: "to cons up an example".
In LISP itself `cons' is the most fundamental operation for
building structures. It takes any two objects and returns a `dot-pair' or
two-branched tree with one object hanging from each branch. Because the
result of a cons is an object, it can be used to build binary trees of
any shape and complexity. Hackers think of it as a sort of universal
constructor, and that is where the jargon meanings spring from
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]:
CONS
{connection-oriented network service}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]:
cons
/konz/ or /kons/ [LISP, "construct"] A {Lisp} function which
takes an element H and a list T and returns a new list whose
head is H and whose tail is T.
In {Lisp}, cons" is the most fundamental operation for
building structures. It actually takes any two objects and
returns a "{dotted-pair}" or two-branched tree with one object
hanging from each branch. Because the result of a cons is an
object, it can be used to build {binary tree}s of any shape
and complexity.
[{Jargon File}]
From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]:
CONS
Connection Oriented Networking Service
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