Definition of PRAGMA

pragma

Meanings

Plural: pragmas, pragmata

Noun

  • A compiler directive; data embedded in source code by programmers to indicate some intention to a compiler.
  • 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.
  • A practical thing or action, as opposed to theory or belief (dogma).

Origin / Etymology

From Ancient Greek πρᾶγμα (prâgma, “a thing done, a fact”). In the technical senses perhaps a back-formation from pragmatic or a clipping of pragmat used earlier in ALGOL.

Synonyms

pragmat

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