May 15, 2003

semi

/se´mee/ or /se´mi:/

1. n. Abbreviation for ‘semicolon’, when speaking. Commands to grind are prefixed by semi-semi-star means that the prefix is ;;*, not 1/4 of a star.

2. A prefix used with words such as ‘immediately’ as a qualifier. When is the system coming up? Semi-immediately. (That is, maybe not for an hour.) We did consider that possibility semi-seriously. See also infinite.

Posted by Jargon File at May 15, 2003 10:30 AM

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