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quines

quines is the plural of quine.

quines is the third-person singular simple present indicative of quine.

Meaning of quine

Noun

quine (plural quines)

  1. A program that produces its own source code as output.
    • This has been bugging me recently. Any quines or pointers to relevant articles or web pages is appreciated. Thanks!1996 October 10, John David Regehr, “[A] Quine in C++?”, in comp.lang.misc (Usenet)

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Proper noun capitalized: Quines

Quines

  1. (plural) plural of Quine

Questions about quines

What is quines the plural of?
Quines is the plural of quine.
What part of speech is quines?
Quines is a proper noun.

Words near quines in the dictionary

  1. quinellaing
  2. quinellas
  3. quinelorane
  4. quiner
  5. quiners
  6. quines
  7. quinestradiol
  8. quinestradol
  9. quinestrol
  10. quinetalate
  11. quinethazone

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