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DEC

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The trade name for Digital Equipment Corporation's earlier products (DECmate, DECnet, etc.). Many people used to refer to the company as DEC. In 1998, Digital was acquired by Compaq. See Digital Equipment.

1.DEC - Digital Equipment Corporation
2.(programming)dec - /dek/ decrement, decrease by one. Especially used by assembly language programmers, as many assembly languages have a "dec" mnemonic.

Opposite: inc.
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No changes in English Inland lights for week ending Dec.
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Careful consideration that morning had dec ided Captain Wragge on advancing matters a little nearer to the crisis.
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