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flag noun

  /flæɡ/
  • (internet slang, ACG) An indication that a certain outcome or event is going to happen, deduced not logically or causally, but as a pattern in a piece of media. Chiefly used in video games and adjacent media, especially visual novels, it is typically described as being raised or set by the plot or words of a character.
флаг, стяг, зна́мя
  • (computer science) A variable or memory location that stores a Boolean true-or-false, yes-or-no value, typically either recording the fact that a certain event has occurred or requesting that a certain optional action take place.
  • (computer science) In a command line interface, a command parameter requesting optional behavior or otherwise modifying the action of the command being invoked.
флаг, флажо́к
  • The use of a flag, especially to indicate the start of a race or other event.
флаг

flag noun

  /flæɡ/
  • Any of various plants with sword-shaped leaves, especially irises; specifically, Iris pseudacorus.
и́рис, каса́тик

flag verb

  /flæɡ/
  • (chess, transitive) To defeat (an opponent) on time, especially in a blitz game.
[[сби́ть]] флаг, [[сруби́ть]] флаг
  • (chess, intransitive) To lose on time, especially in a blitz game; when using a traditional analog chess clock, a flag would fall when time expired.
[[сби́ть]] флаг, [[сруби́ть]] флаг, [[урони́ть]] флаг
  • To mark with a flag, especially to indicate the importance of something.
поме́тить, фла́гнуть
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