Cdr
//ˈku.də// noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Initialism of Canadian depositary receipt. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 2 The second part of a cons in Lisp. The remainder of a list when the first element is removed.
"The elements of a list are the successive cars along the "cdr chain." That is, the elements are the car, the car of the cdr, the car of the cdr of the cdr, etc."
- 3 Abbreviation of commander. abbreviation, alt-of
- 4 Initialism of call detail record: a computer record representing a unit of traffic handled by a telephone exchange. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 5 Initialism of common data rate. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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- 6 Initialism of content of decrement of register; cdr. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 7 Initialism of cup-to-disc ratio. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 8 Abbreviation of commander. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
- 9 Initialism of current divider rule or current division rule. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
"Coordinate term: VDR"
- 10 Initialism of carbon dioxide removal. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 11 Initialism of cooldown reduction. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 12 Committee for the Defense of the Revolution countable, uncountable
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More examples"The elements of a list are the successive cars along the "cdr chain." That is, the elements are the car, the car of the cdr, the car of the cdr of the cdr, etc."
Etymology
Acronym of contents of the decrement part of register number. Note that it was based on original hardware and has no meaning today.
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