wake

n 1: the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic

event); "the aftermath of war"; "in the wake of the

accident no one knew how many had been injured" [syn: {aftermath},

{backwash}]

2: an island in the western Pacific between Guam and Hawaii

[syn: {Wake Island}, {Wake}]

3: the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward;

"the motorboat's wake capsized the canoe" [syn: {backwash}]

4: a vigil held over a corpse the night before burial; "there's

no weeping at an Irish wake" [syn: {viewing}]

v 1: be awake, be alert, be there [ant: {sleep}]

2: stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"

[syn: {wake up}, {awake}, {arouse}, {awaken}, {come alive},

{waken}] [ant: {fall asleep}]

Make

The {Unix} tool to automate the

recompilation, linking etc. of programs, taking account of the

interdependencies of {modules} and their modification times.

Make reads instructions from a "makefile" which specifies a

set of targets to be built, the files they depend on and the

commands to execute in order to produce them.

Most {C} systems come with a make. There is also one produce

by {GNU}.

["Make - A Program for Maintaining Computer Programs",

A.I. Feldman, TR No 57, Bell Labs Apr 1977].

(1995-01-05)