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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>flag</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="../F.html" title="F"/><link rel="previous" href="FIXME.html" title="FIXME"/><link rel="next" href="flag-day.html" title="flag day"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">flag</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="FIXME.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">F</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="flag-day.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="flag"/><dt xmlns="" id="flag"><b>flag</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [very common] A variable or quantity that can take on one of two
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values; a bit, particularly one that is used to indicate one of two
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outcomes or is used to control which of two things is to be done.
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“<span class="quote">This flag controls whether to clear the screen before printing the
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message.</span>” “<span class="quote">The program status word contains several flag
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bits.</span>” Used of humans analogously to <a href="../B/bit.html"><i class="glossterm">bit</i></a>.
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See also <a href="../H/hidden-flag.html"><i class="glossterm">hidden flag</i></a>,
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<a href="../M/mode-bit.html"><i class="glossterm">mode bit</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="FIXME.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../F.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="flag-day.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">FIXME </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> flag day</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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