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Dictionary: dis·card   (dĭ-skärd') pronunciation
 

v., -card·ed, -card·ing, -cards.

v.tr.
  1. To throw away; reject.
    1. To throw out (a playing card) from one's hand.
    2. To play (a card other than a trump) from a suit different from that of the card led.
v.intr.

To discard a playing card.

n. (dĭs'kärd')
    1. The act of discarding in a card game.
    2. A discarded playing card.
  1. One that is discarded or rejected.
discardable dis·card'a·ble adj.
discarder dis·card'er n.
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Thesaurus: discard
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verb

    To let go or get rid of as being useless or defective, for example: dispose of, dump, junk, scrap1, throw away, throw out. Informal chuck, jettison, shuck (off). Slang ditch. See keep/release.

 
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v

Definition: get rid of
Antonyms: embrace, keep, retain


 
Wikipedia: DISCARD
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The DISCARD protocol is an Internet protocol defined in RFC 863. It is intended for testing and measurement purposes.

A host may send data to a host that supports the DISCARD protocol, on either TCP or UDP port 9. Everything sent to the server is discarded. No response is sent back.

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Inetd implementation of DISCARD

On Linux, FreeBSD, and other UNIX-like operating systems a discard server is built into the inetd daemon. The discard service is usually not enabled by default. It may be enabled by adding the following lines to the file /etc/inetd.conf and telling inetd to reload its configuration:

discard   stream  tcp     nowait  root    internal
discard   dgram   udp     wait    root    internal

Examples of use

  • The TCP/UDP equivalent of /dev/null. Such a service is guaranteed to receive what is sent to it and can be used for debugging TCP and/or UDP code requiring a guaranteed reception of payload sent.

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Translations: Discard
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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - kassere, befri sig for, smide, afskedige
v. intr. - kaste af
n. - afkast, udskud, kasseret bog, afsmidt kort

Nederlands (Dutch)
afdanken, afgooien, wegdoen, afval

Français (French)
v. tr. - se débarrasser de, jeter, renoncer à, abandonner, larguer, se défausser de, défausser (au bridge), écarter
v. intr. - se défausser (au bridge), écarter (une carte)
n. - défausse (au bridge), écart (jeu de cartes), (Comm, Ind) pièce de rebut, déchet

Deutsch (German)
v. - ablegen, ausrangieren
n. - Ausschuss, (Karten) Abwerfen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - απορρίπτω, (παρα)πετώ, αφήνω, ξεσκαρτάρω (παιγνιόχαρτο κ.λπ.)

Italiano (Italian)
scartare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - descartar

Русский (Russian)
выбрасывать, отбрасывать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - desechar, descartar
v. intr. - descartar, tirar
n. - desecho, descarte, basura

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - förkasta

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
丢弃, 解雇, 抛弃, 去牌, 垫牌

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 丟棄, 解雇, 拋棄
v. intr. - 去牌, 墊牌
n. - 墊牌, 拋棄

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 파면하다, (패를) 버리다
v. intr. - 파면되다
n. - 파면, 유기된 사람, 버린 패

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 捨てる, 解雇する
n. - 捨てられたもの, 捨て札, 捨てられた人

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يطرح جانبا, يرمي ورقه شدة لا يريدها‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮השליך, השליך כגרוטאה‬
v. intr. - ‮השליך קלפים‬
n. - ‮קלף מושלך‬


 
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