SED
       Stream EDitor (Unix)

	

	SED
       Surface-conducting electron Emitter Display (Toshiba)

	

	SED
 /S?E?D/, n.

    [TMRC, from ?Light-Emitting Diode?] Smoke-emitting diode. A friode that
    lost the war. See also LER. [Not to be confused with sed(1), the Unix
    stream editor. ?ESR]

	

	smoke-emitting diode
SED

    (From "light-emitting diode") An
   incorrectly connected diode, probably a light-emitting
   diode, in the process of losing its magic smoke and
   becoming a friode.

   See also LER.

   (1996-04-28)

	

	Sed

    Stream editor.

   The Unix stream editor.  It has a powerful but cryptic
   command language and is based on regular expressions.

   There is a GNU version called GNU Sed.

   [Jargon File]

   (1994-11-03)