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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>quad</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="../Q.html" title="Q"/><link rel="previous" href="../Q.html" title="Q"/><link rel="next" href="quadruple-bucky.html" title="quadruple bucky"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">quad</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="../Q.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Q</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="quadruple-bucky.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="quad"/><dt xmlns="" id="quad"><b>quad</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. Two bits; syn. for <a href="quarter.html"><i class="glossterm">quarter</i></a>,
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<a href="../C/crumb.html"><i class="glossterm">crumb</i></a>, <a href="../T/tayste.html"><i class="glossterm">tayste</i></a>. </p></dd><dd><p> 2. A four-pack of anything (compare <a href="../H/hex.html"><i class="glossterm">hex</i></a>,
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sense 2). </p></dd><dd><p> 3. The rectangle or box glyph used in the APL language for various
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arcane purposes mostly related to I/O. Former Ivy-Leaguers and Oxford
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types are said to associate it with nostalgic memories of dear old
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