Rust

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See also: rust, růst, rüst, and rúst

English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Rust (plural Rusts)

  1. A surname.
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Statistics[edit]
  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Rust is the 2967th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 12086 individuals. Rust is most common among White (93.79%) individuals.

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Etymology 2[edit]

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

Proper noun[edit]

Rust

  1. (computer languages) A multiparadigm programming language focused on safety, especially safe concurrency.
    • 2019, Steve Klabnik, Carol Nichols, The Rust Programming Language, No Starch Press, →ISBN, page xxvi:
      In Rust, the compiler plays a gatekeeper role by refusing to compile code with these elusive bugs, including concurrency bugs.
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German[edit]

German Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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Proper noun[edit]

Rust m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Rusts or (with an article) Rust, feminine genitive Rust, plural Rusts)

  1. a surname

Proper noun[edit]

Rust n (proper noun, genitive Rusts or (optionally with an article) Rust)

  1. A municipality of Burgenland, Austria
  2. A municipality of Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Further reading[edit]

  • Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Rust”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
  • Schrader, O., Jevons, F. B. (1890). Prehistoric Antiquities of the Aryan Peoples: A Manual of Comparative Philology and the Earliest Culture. Being the "Sprachvergleichung und Urgeschichte" of Dr. O. Schrader. India: C. Griffin, p. 274