English Dictionary
◊ CONFER
confer
adv : compare (used in texts to point the reader to another
location in the text) [syn: {cf.}, {cf}, {see}, {see
also}]
v 1: have a conference in order to talk something over [syn: {confabulate},
{confab}, {consult}]
2: grant a bestow; "bestow an honor on someone" [syn: {bestow}]
English Computing Dictionary
◊ DID YOU MEAN CONVERT?
CONVERT
1. String processing language, combined the pattern matching
and transformation operations of COMIT with the recursive data
structures of Lisp. "Convert", A. Guzman et al, CACM
9(8):604-615 (Aug 1966).
2. Early language to convert programs and data from one
language to another. "CONVERT Manual", OLI Systems Inc (Oct
1976).