What does quine mean?

quine in AZ Dictionary

(n) a course that produces its very own resource signal as production.
(v) To reject the existence or need for anything demonstrably real or important.

quine in Community Dictionary

verb, to distort beyond recognition. Origin: In viewpoint "to Quine" regularly deny presence of organizations that simply cannot be individuated or identified (after ontological methodology of W.V.Quine). by Helene InouyeReport definition
to mean girl by DarinReport definition
a phrase that a loon from Aberdeen, Scotland would used to describe a lass he locates attractive and aspires currently by Vera AnkneyReport definition
forum acronym: quote is not edit.Refers to the situation when intending to edit your post you misclick and quote it instead, resulting in two identical posts; thence the second post you replace with 'edit:quine' Used at SA forumsvariants 'QuINE', 'qine', 'quote is not edit' by Wen WolskiReport definition
A program that upon execution will replicate its supply code. by PatriciaReport definition

quine in Technology Dictionary

A quine is an application that basically outputs its own supply rule. Although this appears easy, it could be very complex due to the prerequisite of engineering a string that really prints it self on command. Quines are also referred to as self-replicating programs or self-copying programs. by Vera AnkneyReport definition

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    • Aline, Cline, Combine, Dine, Heine
  • Hypernym for "quine"
    • philosopher, logistician, logician
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