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From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  EOF
       End Of File
       
       

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:



  EOF
       Enterprise Objects Framework (NeXT)
       
       

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  EOF /E-O-F/ n. [abbreviation, `End Of File'] 1. [techspeak] The
     {out-of-band} value returned by C's sequential character-input functions
     (and their equivalents in other environments) when end of file has been
     reached. This value is usually -1 under C libraries postdating V6 Unix,
     but was originally 0. DOS hackers think EOF is ^Z, and a few Amiga
     hackers think it's ^\. 2. [Unix] The keyboard character (usually
     control-D, the ASCII EOT (End Of Transmission) character) that is mapped
     by the terminal driver into an end-of-file condition. 3. Used by
     extension in non-computer contexts when a human is doing something that
     can be modeled as a sequential read and can't go further. "Yeah, I
     looked for a list of 360 mnemonics to post as a joke, but I hit EOF
     pretty fast; all the library had was a {JCL} manual." See also {EOL}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  EOF
       
          End Of File
       
          1. The {out-of-band} value returned by {C}'s sequential
          character-input functions (and their equivalents in other
          environments) when end of file has been reached.  This value
          is -1 under {C} libraries postdating V6 Unix, but was
          originally 0.
       
          2. The keyboard character (usually control-D, the ASCII EOT
          (End Of Transmission) character) that is mapped by the {Unix}
          terminal driver into an end-of-file condition.
       
          [{Jargon File}]
       
          (1995-01-18)