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What does stub mean?

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Noun
  1. Something blunted, stunted, or cut short, such as stubble or a stump.
  2. A piece of certain paper items, designed to be torn off and kept for record or identification purposes.
  3. (computing) A placeholder procedure that has the signature of the planned procedure but does not yet implement the intended behavior. (, , ).
  4. (computing) A procedure that translates requests from external systems into a format suitable for processing and then submits those requests for processing. (, , )
  5. (wiki) A page providing only minimal information and intended for later development.
  6. The remaining part of the docked tail of a dog
  7. An unequal first or last interest calculation period, as a part of a financial swap contract
  8. (obsolete) A log; a block; a blockhead.
  9. A pen with a short, blunt nib.
  10. A stub nail; an old horseshoe nail; also, stub iron.
Verb
  1. To remove most of a tree, bush, or other rooted plant by cutting it close to the ground.
  2. To remove a plant by pulling it out by the roots.
  3. To jam, hit, or bump, especially a toe.
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