Rust

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A surname.

proper noun

1
A surname.
2
A township in Montmorency County, Michigan, United States.
3
A municipality in Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
4
A small city in Burgenland, Austria.

Etymology

* As an Alemannic German surname, from Rust * As a German surname, from Middle Low German ruste, from Old Saxon rasta, from Proto-West Germanic *rastu, from Proto-Germanic *rastō (“rest, pause”). * As an English and Scots surname, from Old English rust (“red, ruddy”), from Proto-Germanic *rustaz.

proper noun

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A multiparadigm programming language focused on safety, especially safe concurrency.
In Rust, the compiler plays a gatekeeper role by refusing to compile code with these elusive bugs, including concurrency bugs.

Etymology

Graydon Hoare, who initiated the language, has stated that it was possibly named after rust fungi and may be related to robust.

Forms

plural: Rusts

RuSSian · Russian.Russo · A surname.rust · The deteriorated state of iron or steel as a result of…

Rust · A surname.

rustle · A soft crackling sound similar to the movement of dry leaves.rustling · The rounding up and theft of animals, cattle in particular.rusty · Marked or corroded by rust.

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