pub

n : (British) a building with a bar and public rooms; often

provides light meals [syn: {public house}, {saloon}, {pothouse},

{gin mill}, {taphouse}]

PUB

1. PUBlishing. A 1972 text-formatting language for {TOPS-10},

with syntax based on {SAIL}. Influenced {TeX} and {Scribe}.

["PUB: The Document Compiler", Larry Tesler, Stanford AI Proj

Op Note, Sept 1972].

2. /pub, the top-level, publicly accessible directory on most

{anonymous FTP} archives. This is usually where the

interesting files are. See {pubic directory}.