Definition of "pragma" []

• A compiler directive; data embedded in source code by programmers to indicate some intention to the compiler. (noun)

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• "That simplifies your job: Instead of calling into the operating system to create a critical section, you just throw in a pragma (like so: #pragma omp critical) before the line that is to be a critical section."
• "If you like to keep the code the way it is and supress the warning, you can use the preprocessor and a pragma directive: if (CACHEABLE) #pragma warning restore"
• "Americans like myself tend to respond to Dutch pragma-dialectics with a bit of bemusement – that the work is interesting to think about, but that their ideal speech act looks like nothing we have ever encountered in our daily lives, and it most certainly looks nothing like an open forum."