meaning of chad

1. See Shad.
2. chad printer> /chad/ Or "selvage" /selv*j/ sewing and weaving, "perf", "perfory", "snaf". 1. The perforated edge strips on paper for sprocket feed printers, after they have been separated from the printed portion. The term perf may also refer to the perforations themselves, rather than the chad they produce when torn. [Why "snaf"?] 2. Or "chaff", "computer confetti", "keypunch droppings" The confetti-like bits punched out of punched cards or paper tape which collected in the chad box. One of the Jargon Files correspondents believed that "chad" derived from the chadless keypunch. [Jargon File]
3. a family of Afroasiatic tonal languages mostly two tones spoken in the regions west and south of Lake Chad in north central Africa

Related Words

chad | chad box | chadar | chaddar | chadian | chadian franc | chadic | chadic language | chadless keypunch | chadlock | chador |

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