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Etymology
From ME. stubbe, "tree stump" < OE. stybb

Pronunciation
AHD|/stÅ­b/
audio|en-us-stub.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�b|-�b

Noun
en-noun

1. Something blunted, stunted, or cut short, such as stubble or a stump.
2. A piece of certain paper items, designed to be torn off and kept for record or identification purposes.

#:check stub, ticket stub, payment stub

1. computing A placeholder procedure that has the signature of the planned procedure but does not yet implement the intended behavior. (¹, ², ³).

#*1996, Chip Weems, Nell Dale, Pascal:
#*:Even though the stub is a dummy, it allows us to determine whether the procedure is called at the right time by the program or calling procedure.

1. computing A procedure that translates requests from external systems into a format suitable for processing and then submits those requests for processing. (⁴, ⁵, ⁶)

#*2002, Judith M Myerson, The Complete Book of Middleware:
#*:After this, the server stub calls the actual procedure on the server.
#context|wikis A page providing only minimal information and intended for later development.

Translations
trans-top|something cut short, blunted, or stunted
Dutch: stomp
Finnish: kanto
French: souche, moignon
German: Stumpf, der
trans-mid
Korean: 그루 (geuru), 그루�기 (geuruteogi)
Portuguese: toco - s.m.
Spanish: tocón, cepa
trans-bottom

trans-top|a piece of certain paper items, designed to be torn off and kept for record or identification purposes
Finnish: kanta
Portuguese: canhoto - s.m.
Spanish: resguardo
trans-mid
French: souche
trans-bottom

Derived terms
pencil stub

Verb
en-verb|stub|b|ing

1. To remove most of a tree, bush, or other rooted plant by cutting it close to the ground.
2. To remove a plant by pulling it out by the roots.
3. To jam, hit, or bump, especially a toe.

#:I stubbed my toe trying to find the light switch in the dark.

Translations
trans-top|to remove most of a tree, bush, or other rooted plant by cutting it close to the ground
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|to remove a plant by pulling it out by the roots
Dutch: wieden (2)
trans-mid
Portuguese: desarraigar - v.
trans-bottom

trans-top|to jam, hit, or bump, especially a toe
Dutch: stoten
trans-mid
trans-bottom

Bosnian
Noun
bs-noun|g=m|stubovi

1. column
2. pillar
3. pier

Croatian

Noun
stub

1. pillar

Category:Croatian nouns

Serbian
Noun
sr-noun|g=m|stubovi

1. column
2. pillar
3. pier

Cyrillic spelling
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