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10 Language-to-English DictionariesVi
Pronunciation / Transliteration: vi
"Prefiere editar los archivos de texto con vi."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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A highly configurable text editor built to enable efficient text editing, widely used on Unix-like operating systems.
"He opened the configuration file in vi to update the server settings."
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The Roman numeral for the number six (6).
"Chapter VI of the textbook covers advanced syntax."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived as an acronym from the word 'visual', historically popularized in the 1970s as the name of the standard text editor (visual display editor) created by Bill Joy for the Unix operating system. Over time, it entered general computing lexicons as both a noun referring to the interface and a verb describing the act of editing text using this program.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Vi" is said worldwide
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Vi
Transliteration: vi
"Usa vi per modificare il codice."
Vi
Transliteration: vi
"Il utilise Vi pour modifier ses scripts."
Vi
Transliteration: vi
"Er bearbeitet die Konfigurationsdatei mit vi."
Vi
Transliteration: vi
"Prefiere editar los archivos de texto con vi."
Vi
Transliteration: vi
"Ele abriu o script usando o vi."
वी
Transliteration: vi
"उसने वी संपादक में फाइल खोली।"
Vi 编辑器
Transliteration: Vi biān jí qì
"他习惯在终端里用 vi 修改代码。"
Vi 편집기
Transliteration: Vi pyeonjig-i
"개발자는 설정 파일을 수정하기 위해 vi를 사용했다."
Viエディタ
Transliteration: Vi edita
"彼は設定ファイルを vi で編集した。"
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