Xxx

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  xxx \xxx\, adj.
     The Roman number representing {thirty}; -- in the
     postposition, designating the thirtieth in a series.
  
     Syn: thirty, 30.
          [WordNet 1.5]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  xxx \xxx\, adj. [by reduplication of the "X" used in some
     movie-rating systems.]
     Very obscene or pornographic.
  
     Syn: X-rated, obscene, pornographic.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  xxx
       adj : being ten more than twenty [syn: {thirty}, {30}]
       n 1: the cardinal number that is the product of ten and three
            [syn: {thirty}, {30}]
       2: (genetics) abnormal complement of three X chromosomes in a
          female

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

  XXX /X-X-X/ n. A marker that attention is needed. Commonly used in
     program comments to indicate areas that are kluged up or need to be.
     Some hackers liken `XXX' to the notional heavy-porn movie rating.
     Compare {FIXME}.
  
  

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

  XXX
       
          /X-X-X/ A marker that attention is needed.  Commonly used in
          program comments to indicate areas that are {kluge}d or need
          to be.  Some hackers liken "XXX" to the notional heavy-porn
          movie rating.  Compare {FIXME}.
       
          [{Jargon File}]