Sed vs. Fed: What's the Difference?
Sed and Fed Definitions
Sed
(computing) A noninteractive text editor (originally developed in Unix), intended for making systematic edits in an automatic or batch-oriented way.
Fed
The Federal Reserve.
Sed
To edit a file or stream of text using sed.
Can you sed out those trailing spaces, please?
Fed
Often fed A federal agent or official.
Fed
Past tense and past participle of feed.
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Fed
A federal government officer or official, especially a FBI, CIA, NSA, ATF, or DEA agent.
That corrupt fed was caught taking bribes from a mobster!
Fed
A police officer.
Fed
The Canadian federal government.
Salmon were becoming scarce in the river until the feds stepped in.
Fed
A federation in which powerlifters organize to compete.
Fed
Any federal law-enforcement officer
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Fed
The central bank of the United States; incorporates 12 Federal Reserve branch banks and all national banks and state charted commercial banks and some trust companies;
The Fed seeks to control the United States economy by raising and lowering short-term interest rates and the money supply
