"manpage" meaning in English

See manpage in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: manpages [plural]
Etymology: man (“short for manual and a Unix command to display help pages”) + page Etymology templates: {{m|en|manual}} manual, {{compound|en|man|page|t1=short for <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">manual</i> and a Unix command to display help pages}} man (“short for manual and a Unix command to display help pages”) + page Head templates: {{en-noun}} manpage (plural manpages)
  1. (computing, Unix) A block of user documentation. Tags: Unix Categories (topical): Computing Synonyms: man page

Inflected forms

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