ed

(ĕd)
n. Informal
Education: driver's ed; adult ed.

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(1) (Enhanced Definition) See EDTV.

(2) (ed) (EDitor) An early Unix line editor (text editor) that contained functionality later incorporated into vi. The sed editor (Stream EDitor) supersedes ed and, using ed commands, processes the entire text file instead of one line at a time. See sed.

(3) (ED) (Extra High Density) Refers to earlier 2.88MB floppy disks from IBM. Although IBM doubled the floppy's capacity, it was not enough to become a widely used standard. See floppy disk.

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• Abbreviations - ed: editor

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See words rhyming with "Ed."

Dansk (Danish)
abbr. - redigeret af, udgave, redaktør, uddannet, uddannelse

Nederlands (Dutch)
editie

Français (French)
abbr. - (abrév = edition) éd, (abrév = edited) publié

Deutsch (German)
abbr. - Hrsg. (Herausgeber), Ausg. (Ausgabe)

Ελληνική (Greek)
abbr. - συντάκτης, έκδοση

Italiano (Italian)
edizione

Português (Portuguese)
abbr. - ed.

Русский (Russian)
редактор

Español (Spanish)
abbr. - educación

Svenska (Swedish)
abbr. - redaktör, redaktion, editerad, utbildning

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
编辑, 版本

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
abbr. - 編輯, 版本

한국어 (Korean)
abbr. - education (교육), extra duty (할증세)

日本語 (Japanese)
abbr. - 編集された, 版, 教育を受けた, 教育

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(اختصار) محرر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
abbr. - ‮עורך, מהדורה, חינוך‬

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