pic

pic

1 [pik]
noun, plural pix [piks] , pics. Slang.
1.
a movie.
2.
a photograph.
Also, pix.

Origin:
1880–85; by shortening from picture

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pic

2 [peek] ,
noun Piquet.
1.
the scoring of 30 points in the declaration of hands and in the play before one's opponent scores a point.
2.
the bonus of 30 points won for so scoring.
Also, pique.
Compare repic.

Origin:
< French: literally, prick

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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pic (pɪk) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—n , pl pics, pix
informal a photograph, picture, or illustration
 
[C20: shortened from picture]

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Computing Dictionary

PIC definition


1. programmable interrupt controller.
2. A graphics language by Brian Kernighan, for textually describing pictures with troff.
[Featured in "More Programming Pearls", Jon Bentley].
["PIC - A Language for Typesetting Graphics", B.W. Kernighan, Soft Prac & Exp 12(1):1-21 (Jan 1982)].
["PIC - A Graphics Language for Typesetting, Revised User Manual", Bell Labs TR 116, Dec 1984].
(1994-10-28)
3. personal intelligent communicator.
(2001-04-30)

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Abbreviations & Acronyms
pic
[motion] picture
PIC

  1. Pictor (constellation)

  2. pressurized ion chamber

  3. Public Information Center

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