"here document" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: here documents [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} here document (plural here documents)
  1. (computing) A block of text included in the source code of a computer program in such a way that it is treated as a single string literal with line breaks etc. as written. Wikipedia link: here document Categories (topical): Computing Synonyms: heredoc Related terms: docstring
    Sense id: en-here_document-en-noun-PaUKiyFG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

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