English Dictionary

terp

/tɝp/

noun

(military or Deaf slang) An interpreter (person who translates). / (computing, slang) An interpreter (program that parses and executes another program).

The terp is a large mound of earth.

意味（1）

(military or Deaf slang) An interpreter (person who translates).

I don't think it's at all appropriate to hire a terp to review your correspondences, reports, grammar, tone, style, etc. It is completely YOUR responsibility to perform effective written communication tasks.

意味（2）

(computing, slang) An interpreter (program that parses and executes another program).

So, I'm writing a Z-Machine terp. It is not done. It's getting there. Now, I have some ideas of things I would like this terp to do, but I thought it might be a nice idea to find out if there are any features that other people on this newsgroup would like in a Z-Machine terp.