gnu
gnu
Definition
gnu (no̵̅o̅, nyo̵̅o̅)
noun pl. gnus or gnu
either of two large African antelopes (genus Connochaetes) with an oxlike head, horns that curve forward, and a horselike mane and tail; wildebeest
Etymology: Fr gnou < Xhosa ngu
gnu
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- see: We saw gnus, rhinos, tigers ( including white ones ), lions, giraffes... But no monkeys!
- use: I will demonstrate the use of gprof using the gnu make utility.
Modifies a noun
- gprof: GNU gprof uses a new file format that provides these features.
- emacs: Note that this test assumes the emacs found to be a version that supports Emacs Lisp ( such as gnu Emacs or XEmacs ).
- assembler: If you use ( or have used ) the gnu assembler on.. .
- compiler: GNU compiler On the software side, recently I have come across a truly superb compiler.
- tool: GNU tools write their error messages to the error stream, stderr.
- project: GNU project has also its own versions for ghostscript.
Browse dictionary entries near gnu
- GNP
- gnotobiotics
- Gnosticism
- gnostic
- -gnosis
- gnosis
- -gnomy
- gnomonic
- gnomon
- gnomic
- Gnutella
- go
- go about
- go after
- go against
- go-ahead
- go all out
- go all the way
- go along
- go along with
