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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- conjunction And not.
- preposition Instead of.
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- conjunction
And not . - conjunction Used to indicate that the following alternative is less preferred.
- preposition
instead of ; in preference to.
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zc0000 commented on the word rather than
The term CDATA, meaning character data, is used for distinct, but related purposes in the markup languages SGML and XML. The term indicates that a certain portion of the document is general character data, rather than non-character data or character data with a more specific, limited structure.
April 11, 2010
zc0000 commented on the word rather than
The type converter for modifiers uses a plus sign (+) as a delimiter rather than a comma (,) so that the more traditional syntax to represent key combinations, such as "Ctrl+Alt", is supported in markup.
April 11, 2010