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Gil

/ɡɪl/

proper noun

A diminutive of the male given name Gilbert.

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Meanings

Gil¹

proper noun

A diminutive of the male given name Gilbert.

GIL²

nounGIL (plural GILs)

plural GILs

abbreviationinitialismcomputingInitialism of global interpreter lock.
Since Asyncio is single-threaded (almost by definition), it is unaffected by the GIL, but it cannot benefit from multiple CPU cores either.
2020, Caleb Hattingh, Using Asyncio in Python, O'Reilly Media, →ISBN, page 7

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Gil

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APA

Gil. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gil

MLA

“Gil.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gil. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Gil,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gil.

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