nroff

English

Etymology

Name of the program, short for new roff; an earlier similar program was called roff, a shortening of runoff.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɛnɹɒf/

Verb

nroff (third-person singular simple present nroffs, present participle nroffing, simple past and past participle nroffed)

  1. (transitive, computing) To format (text) using the nroff program, which produces output suitable for simple fixed-width printers and terminal windows.
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