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exit

1. Theatre the act of going offstage

2. Bridge

a. the act of losing the lead deliberately

b. a card enabling one to do this

exit

[′eg·zət]

(computer science)

A way of terminating a repeated cycle of operations in a computer program.

A place at which such a cycle can be stopped.

(engineering)

A door, passage, or place of egress.

exit

That portion of a means of egress which is separated from the rest of a building by walls, floors, doors, or other means and which provides a reasonably protected path of escape for the occupants of a building in the event of fire.

exit

(1) To get out of the current mode or quit the program. Contrast with launch.

(2) A DOS/Windows command that exits the command prompt.

(3) An instruction that terminates a script or program. The exit command may take a numeric argument to identify the reason for ending. For example, a "0" is often assigned to a normal close. Other exits are given different numbers by the programmer to identify which part of the program could no longer handle the current inputs and had to abnormally terminate.

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To celebrate over 3,500 startups listed on the platform, MAGNiTT released its research on the exits that have taken place over the last five years.

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Learn Your Exit Option and Understand the Value of the Option You Choose

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No business owner wants to consider an eventual exit from the business, but it will happen.

The Graceful, Successful Exit

Al-Ateeq said the ministry had provided facility to issue exit permits through different channels "to save considerable time and efforts".

Exit permits must for males above 18

Despite its Big Exit dry spell, the diagnostic space was still a favorite among investors over the last seven years.

Venture-backed medtech exits increasing, but overall returns remain poor

PE exit routes 2005 - 2010 Based on Ernst & Young's Return to warmer waters study which reviewed exits of businesses with an Enterprise Value at entry of more than EUR150 million Nick Gillott, Director in Ernst & Young's M&A team in Birmingham

Secondary buyout market set to continue as key route for exit

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Barriers in emergency exits can boost evacuation rates

Carefully planning your exit from the business can help you to: Mould your business into the ideal shape for your chosen exit option, maximising the value you get from it.

Choosing your exit strategy

After evaluating the effects of high school exit exams on a variety of student outcomes using nationally representative data spanning nearly 30 years, we conclude that exit exams hurt students who fail them without benefiting students who pass them--or the taxpayers who pay for developing, implementing, and scoring them.

Exit exams harm students who fail them--and don't benefit students who pass them: the national experiment with exit exams has not produced the desired results. It's time to try something else

Central venous catheter (CVC) exit site infections contribute to bacteremia and patient morbidity and mortality among patients on hemodialysis.

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those who leave the payment) (Cai and Gregory, 2003), implying that policies that promote sustained exit from payments are also likely to be an important component of policies to reduce disability-related welfare dependence.