pragmata
pragmata is the plural of pragma.
pragmata is the plural of pragmatum.
Meaning of pragma
Noun
pragma (plural pragmas or pragmata)
- A compiler directive; data embedded in source code by programmers to indicate some intention to a compiler.
- This pragma stops the compiler from generating those warnings we don't care about.
- Synonyms:
- pragmat
- In early versions of HTTP, a general header that specifies some implementation-specific directive, to any recipient, and may specify that the HTTP response should not be cached.
- It is not possible to specify a pragma for a specific recipient; however, any pragma directive not relevant to a recipient should be ignored by that recipient.1996 May, T. Berners-Lee, R. Fielding, H. Frystyk, “Hypertext Transfer Protocol — HTTP/1.0”, in RFC Editor, →ISSN, RFC 1945
- A practical thing or action, as opposed to theory or belief (dogma).
- At any given minute, we must choose between habitual action and thoughtful action, between Dogma and Pragma.1939, Jacques Barzun, Of Human Freedom, Boston: Little, Brown and Company, page 129
Meaning of pragmatum
Noun
pragmatum (plural pragmata)
- A thing viewed through a pragmatic lens, i.e. a tool viewed as the sum of practical consequences for which it is responsible.
- I state that the pragmata as "the useful things" went beyond these "live options."2006, Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka, Imaginatio Creatrix, page 199
Questions about pragmata
- What is pragmata the plural of?
- Pragmata is the plural of pragma.
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