sed

1. computingA noninteractive text editor (originally developed in Unix), intended for making systematic edits in an automatic or batch-oriented way.

present singular third person seds · participle present sedding · participle past sedded · past sedded

1. neologismslangTo edit a file or stream of text using sed.

   Can you sed out those trailing spaces, please?

plural seds

1. fishingA line fastening a fish-hook.

   Synonyms: snood

1. pronunciation spellingEye dialect spelling of said.

plural SEDs · alternative S.E.D. · alternative S. E. D.

1. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablebusinessInitialism of surface-conduction electron-emitter display.
2. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableastronomyInitialism of spectral energy distribution.
3. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablemedicineInitialism of selective eating disorder.
4. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablecomputingInitialism of self-encrypting drive.
5. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablehuman sciencesInitialism of socio-economic development.

alternative S.E.D. · alternative S. E. D.

1. historicalThe Socialist Unity Party.

   In an interview with Jacobin to be published later this year, veteran KPO activist Theodor Bergmann tells of Heinrich Adam, prewar KPO member and mechanic at the Zeiss optics factory in Jena who joined the SED in hopes of realizing socialist unity.

   2017 May 28, Loren Balhorn, “The Lost History of Antifa”, in Jacobin Magazine

1. A surname.