sed

5 definitions found

sed - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  Sed
  
     <tool, text> Stream editor.
  
     The Unix stream editor.  It has a powerful but cryptic
     command language and is based on regular expressions.
  
     There is a GNU version called GNU Sed.
  
     [Jargon File]
  
     (1994-11-03)
  

  smoke-emitting diode
  SED
  
     <humour, electronics> (From "light-emitting diode") An
     incorrectly connected diode, probably a light-emitting diode
     , in the process of losing its magic smoke and
     becoming a friode.
  
     See also LER.
  
     (1996-04-28)
  

sed - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  SED
   /S.E.D/, n.
  
     [TMRC, from `Light-Emitting Diode'] Smoke-emitting diode. A friode
     that lost the war. See also LER. [Not to be confused with sed(1),
     the Unix stream editor. --ESR]
  

sed - V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006) :

  SED
         Stream EDitor (Unix)
         

  SED
         Surface-conducting electron Emitter Display (Toshiba)