pub

Pronunciation:		pub
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WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] (British) tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals

	Synonyms:	gin mill, pothouse, public house, saloon, taphouse

	See Also:	alehouse, bar, barroom, free house, ginmill, tap house, taproom, tavern

Computing Dictionary

	Definition:	1. PUBlishing. A 1972 text-formatting language for tops-10, with syntax based on sail. Influenced tex and scribe. ["PUB: The Document Compiler", Larry Tesler, Stanford AI Proj Op Note, Sept 1972]. 2. /pub, the top-level, publicly accessible directory on most anonymous ftp archives. This is usually where the interesting files are. See pubic directory.