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  5  definitions  found 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  mod 
  adj  :  relating  to  a  recently  developed  fashion  or  style  [syn:  {modern}, 
  {up-to-date}] 
  n  :  (British)  a  British  teenager  in  the  1960s;  noted  for  their 
  clothes  consciousness  and  opposition  to  the  rockers 
 
  From  Jargon  File  (4.2.3,  23  NOV  2000)  [jargon]: 
 
  mod  vt.,n.  [very  common]  1.  Short  for  `modify'  or 
  `modification'.  Very  commonly  used  --  in  fact  the  full  terms  are 
  considered  markers  that  one  is  being  formal.  The  plural  `mods'  is  used 
  esp.  with  reference  to  bug  fixes  or  minor  design  changes  in  hardware  or 
  software,  most  esp.  with  respect  to  {patch}  sets  or  a  {diff}.  2.  Short 
  for  {modulo}  but  used  _only_  for  its  techspeak  sense 
 
 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  *MOD 
 
  ("StarMOD")  A  {concurrent}  language  combining  the  {module}s  of 
  {Modula}  and  the  communications  of  {Distributed  Processes}. 
 
  ["*MOD  -  A  Language  for  Distributed  Programming",  R.P.  Cook, 
  IEEE  Trans  Soft  Eng  SE-6(6):563-571  (Nov  1980)]. 
 
  [{Jargon  File}] 
 
  (1994-10-21) 
 
 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  mod 
 
  1.  extension,  application,  file  format,  music> 
  (module)  The  filename  extension  for  a  sampled  music  file 
  format  that  originated  on  the  {Commodore}  {Amiga}.  A  .MOD 
  file  is  composed  of  digitised  sound  samples,  arranged  in 
  patterns  to  create  a  song.  There  are  .MOD  players  for  most 
  {personal  computer}s  including  {Amiga},  {Archimedes},  {IBM 
  PC},  and  {Macintosh}. 
 
  An  {IBM  PC}  will  require  a  {sound  card}  capable  of  handling 
  digitised  samples  ({Sound  Blaster},  {Sound  Blaster  Pro}, 
  {GUS})  and  slower  {Intel  80386}-based  PCs  may  not  be  able  to 
  do  anything  else  while  playing  a  module. 
 
  .MOD  files  differ  from  .MID  ({MIDI})  files  in  that  they 
  contain  sound  samples.  This  allows  each  song  to  use  different 
  sounds  but  it  also  puts  more  load  on  the  {CPU}  than  playing  a 
  MIDI  file,  since  more  data  must  be  processed  for  each  note.  A 
  slow  CPU  would  benefit  from  a  sound  card  with  {wavetable 
  synthesis}  which  handles  samples  instead  of  the  CPU. 
 
  Module  files  come  in  various  formats  including  .MOD.  Formats 
  evolved  from  .MOD  include  .S3M,  .FAR  and  .669.  Most  contain 
  improvements  on  .MODs. 
 
  {(http://www.eskimo.com/~future/mods.htm)} 
 
  2.    modify  or  modification. 
 
  This  abbreviation  is  very  common  -  in  fact  the  full  terms  are 
  considered  formal.  Mods"  is  used  especially  with  reference 
  to  bug  fixes  or  minor  design  changes  in  hardware  or  software, 
  most  especially  with  respect  to  {patch}  sets  or  a  {diff}. 
 
  3.    A  common  name  for  the  {modulo}  operator. 
 
  (1999-07-14) 
 
 
 
  From  V.E.R.A.  --  Virtual  Entity  of  Relevant  Acronyms  13  March  2001  [vera]: 
 
  MOD 
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