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quine n

(computing) A program that produces its own source code as output. quine v (transitive) To append (a text) to a quotation of itself. (philosophy) To deny the existence or significance of (something obviously real or important). [...] quine adj (botany, obsolete, rare) Of leaves: arranged in whorls of five. The American logician and philosopher Willard Van Orman Quine, who lent his name to some senses of the word, was born on this day in 1908.

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