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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>mod</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../M.html" title="M"/><link rel="previous" href="mockingbird.html" title="mockingbird"/><link rel="next" href="mode.html" title="mode"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">mod</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="mockingbird.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">M</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="mode.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="mod"/><dt xmlns="" id="mod"><b>mod</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">vt.,n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [very common] </p></dd><dd><p> 1. Short for ‘modify’ or ‘modification’.
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Very commonly used — in fact the full terms are considered markers
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that one is being formal. The plural ‘mods’ is used esp. with
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reference to bug fixes or minor design changes in hardware or software,
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most esp. with respect to <a href="../P/patch.html"><i class="glossterm">patch</i></a> sets or a
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<a href="../D/diff.html"><i class="glossterm">diff</i></a>. See also <a href="../C/case-mod.html"><i class="glossterm">case mod</i></a>.</p></dd><dd><p> 2. Short for <a href="modulo.html"><i class="glossterm">modulo</i></a> but used
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<span class="emphasis"><em>only</em></span> for its techspeak sense.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="mockingbird.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../M.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="mode.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">mockingbird </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> mode</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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