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3 definitions found From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: glob n : a compact mass; "a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder" [syn: {ball}, {clod}, {lump}, {clump}, {chunk}] From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: glob /glob/, _not_ /glohb/ v.,n. [Unix; common] To expand special characters in a wildcarded name or the act of so doing (the action is also called `globbing'). The Unix conventions for filename wildcarding have become sufficiently pervasive that many hackers use some of them in written English, especially in email or news on technical topics. Those commonly encountered include the following: * wildcard for any string (see also {UN*X}) ? wildcard for any single character (generally read this way only at the beginning or in the middle of a word) [] delimits a wildcard matching any of the enclosed characters {} alternation of comma-separated alternatives; thus `foo{baz,qux}' would be read as `foobaz' or `fooqux' Some examples: "He said his name was [KC]arl" (expresses ambiguity). "I don't read talk.politics.*" (any of the talk.politics subgroups on {Usenet}). Other examples are given under the entry for {X}. Note that glob patterns are similar, but not identical, to those used in {regexp}s. Historical note: The jargon usage derives from `glob', the name of a subprogram that expanded wildcards in archaic pre-Bourne versions of the Unix shell. From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: glob /glob/, *not* /glohb/ To expand {wild card} characters in a {path name}. In {Unix} the {file name} wild cards are: * = zero or more characters (E.g. {UN*X}) ? = any single character [] any of the enclosed characters {} indicate alternation of comma-separated alternatives, thus foo{baz,qux} would expand to foobaz" or "fooqux". This syntax generates a list of all possible expansions, rather than matching one These have become sufficiently pervasive that hackers use them in written English, especially in {electronic mail} or {Usenet} news on technical topics. E.g. "He said his name was [KC]arl" (expresses ambiguity). "I don't read talk.politics.*" (any of the talk.politics subgroups on {Usenet}). Other examples are given under the entry for {X}. Note that glob patterns are similar, but not identical, to those used in {regexps}. glob" was a subprogram that expanded wild cards in archaic pre-{Bourne} versions of the {Unix} {shell}. (1997-07-16)
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