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long

In programming, an integer variable. In C, a long is four bytes and can be signed (-2G to +2G) or unsigned (4G). Contrast with short.


long
1. (of drinks) containing a large quantity of nonalcoholic beverage
2. Prosody
a. denoting a vowel of relatively great duration or (esp in classical verse) followed by more than one consonant
b. denoting a syllable containing such a vowel
c. (in verse that is not quantitative) carrying the emphasis or ictus
3. Cricket (of a fielding position) near the boundary
4. Music a note common in medieval music but now obsolete, having the time value of two breves

Long
Crawford Williamson. 1815--78, US surgeon. He was the first to use ether as an anaesthetic


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``The governor is taking the long view, so that for those people who will succeed this governor and this Legislature down the road, they won't be faced with a pension liability crisis that threatens not only the state budget, but threatens benefits for future state employees.
Despite the frustrations and delays, commuter Tomlin said he's taking the long view.
Taking the long view, that's when singles started being phased out as a consumer option, something that was effectively accomplished over the past several years.
 
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