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drapeau — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • flag noun A piece of cloth with a distinctive design, used as a symbol of a country, organization, or signal.

Senses

drapeau is used for these senses in English:

  • flag (computer science) A variable or memory location that stores a Boolean true-or-false, yes-or-no value, typically either recording the fact that a certain event has occurred or requesting that a certain optional action take place.
  • flag (mathematics, linear algebra) A sequence of subspaces of a vector space, beginning with the null space and ending with the vector space itself, such that each member of the sequence (until the last) is a proper subspace of the next.
  • flag (internet slang, ACG) An indication that a certain outcome or event is going to happen, deduced not logically or causally, but as a pattern in a piece of media. Chiefly used in video games and adjacent media, especially visual novels, it is typically described as being raised or set by the plot or words of a character.

flag — full definition

  1. noun A piece of cloth with a distinctive design, used as a symbol of a country, organization, or signal.
  2. noun A marker or indicator used to draw attention to something.
  3. verb To mark or point something out for attention.
  4. verb To signal someone or something to stop.
  5. verb To become tired or weak.

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