lint
n.
bits of thread or fluff from cloth or yarn; scraped and softened linen (for bandaging); C language processor that performs a thorough check of the source code (Computers)
Lint
lint (het)
n.
ribbon, tape, riband, band, strap, tassel
Lint
(n.)
Linen scraped or otherwise made into a soft, downy or fleecy substance for dressing wounds and sores; also, fine ravelings, down, fluff, or loose short fibers from yarn or fabrics.
(n.)
Flax.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
lint
A
Unix C language processor which carries out more thorough checks on the code than is usual with C
compilers.
Lint is named after the bits of fluff it supposedly picks from programs. Judging by references on
Usenet this term has become a shorthand for
desk check at some non-Unix shops, even in languages other than
C. Also used as
delint.
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(1994-11-14)
(c) Copyright 1993 by Denis Howe