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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An abbreviation of conference.
  • noun An abbreviation of the Latin confectio, a confection, used in medical prescriptions; of the Latin confer, compare, also expressed by cf.

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  • noun Abbreviation of conference.

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  • [billy@ws1 7_0_6] $ bin/mysqld -- defaults-file = conf/my. 1.conf&

    Planet MySQL 2009

  • If httpd. conf is set up to “AllowOverride All” for document root … or specific directories … you can also just drop. htaccess files in applicable directories and generally bypass httpd. conf.

    Scripting News for 7/21/2007 « Scripting News Annex 2007

  • September 6, 2005 at 12: 17 am count me in to participate. @ web 2.0 conf is a good idea.

    Recovery 2.0: A call to convene « BuzzMachine 2005

  • Fish offers to use NetMeeting to try to help him, and explains that the user just needs to click on Start, then Run, then type "conf" -- that's Charlie Oscar Nancy Foxtrot.

    Latest from Computerworld 2009

  • All custom configuration done in conf. d directory overrides settings in the default configuration.

    Archive 2008-06-01 Ante Karamati 2008

  • All custom configuration done in conf. d directory overrides settings in the default configuration.

    Ubuntu-server insight - custom configurations Ante Karamati 2008

  • In this brief historical sketch we are noticing only epochs, and the next important one is that of the so-called conférences in Notre-Dame in Paris, following the Revolution of 1830.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913

  • Fear phrases aside, the conf was a "nullity" because the $Mns of lobbying dollars spent in DC delayed an ACES vote, so the US had nothing to bring to the table.

    Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local Hu Niew 2010

  • Fear phrases aside, the conf was a "nullity" because the $Mns of lobbying dollars spent in DC delayed an ACES vote, so the US had nothing to bring to the table.

    Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local Hu Niew 2010

  • Fear phrases aside, the conf was a "nullity" because the $Mns of lobbying dollars spent in DC delayed an ACES vote, so the US had nothing to bring to the table.

    Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local Hu Niew 2010

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