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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>meta</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="mess-dos.html" title="mess-dos"/><link rel="next" href="meta-bit.html" title="meta bit"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">meta</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="mess-dos.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">M</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="meta-bit.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="meta"/><dt xmlns="" id="meta"><b>meta</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/me´t@/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/may´t@/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/mee´t@/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">pref.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [from analytic philosophy] One level of description up. A
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metasyntactic variable is a variable in notation used to describe syntax,
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and meta-language is language used to describe language. This is difficult
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to explain briefly, but much hacker humor turns on deliberate confusion
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between meta-levels. See <a href="../H/hacker-humor.html"><i class="glossterm">hacker humor</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="mess-dos.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="meta-bit.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">mess-dos </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> meta bit</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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