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Record 1 2006-03-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Informatics
DEF

Standard, usual, of ordinary flavor.

CONT

It's just a vanilla terminal; it does't have any interesting features.

OBS

This word differs from canonical in that the latter means "the thing you always use (or the way you always do it) unless you have some strong reason to do otherwise," whereas "vanilla" simply means "ordinary".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Informatique
DEF

Parfum (flavor) ordinaire, standard.

CONT

La version ordinaire (vanilla) d'UNIX Version 7 ne peut pas fonctionner sur un 11134 ordinaire (vanilla).

OBS

Ce mot diffère de canonique (canonical) qui signifie «par défaut», vanilla décrivant simplement quelque chose d'ordinaire.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Informática
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