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C

Pronunciation: /siː/

The English word “C” has 10 meanings listed here.

numeral

  1. The third numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called cee and written in the Latin script.

noun

  1. One hundred dollars; a c-note.
  2. The first note in the C chromatic and major scales.
  3. An academic grade better than a D and worse than a B.
  4. Canonical Decomposition, followed by Canonical Composition
  5. Cocaine.
  6. Cunt.

proper noun

  1. A particular high-level programming language from which many others are derived.
  2. Head of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6).

adjective

  1. With sugar and evaporated milk added.

Etymology

The programming language is so named because it followed on from an earlier language called B.

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