Pragma

Origin

From the Ancient Greek root πρᾶγμα (pragma, "a thing done, a fact"). May be a back-formation from pragmatic.

Noun

1. (computing, programming) A compiler directive; data embedded in source code by programmers to indicate some intention to the compiler.This pragma stops the compiler from generating those warnings we don't care about.

Synonyms

• pragmat in the ALGOL programming language

Anagrams

• grampa