4 definitions
for sed
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) :
SED
Stream EDitor (Unix)
From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) :
SED /S-E-D/ n. [TMRC, from `Light-Emitting Diode'] Smoke-emitting
diode. A friode that lost the war. See also LER. [Not to be confused
with sed(1), the Unix stream editor. --ESR]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) :
Sed
Stream editor.
The Unix stream editor. It has a powerful but cryptic
command language and is based on regular expressions.
There is a GNU version called GNU Sed.
[{Jargon File]
(1994-11-03)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) :
SED
smoke-emitting diode
