Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rbar

/ˈɹiː.bɑɹ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: rbar
IPA: /ˈɹiː.bɑɹ/

6

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

Initialism of row by agonizing row; used to describe procedural programming in SQL.

Derogatory

Example Sentences

"All of these methods either employ (what I call) "RBAR" programming (pronounced as "ree-bar" and stands for "Row By Agonizing Row") […]"
"RBAR is a consequence of coding in a strictly procedural way, rather than in a set-based way. It is different from poor coding; it is the result of adopting a mindset that one always has to tell the computer, step by step […]"
"While RBAR used over twice as much log as the set based operations, the log used per transaction was less than half."

Etymology

Coined by database administrator Jeff Moden.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈɹiː.bɑɹ/

Usage

Derogatory

Homonyms

rebar

Questions

How do you pronounce rbar?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɹiː.bɑɹ/.
What does rbar mean?: Initialism of row by agonizing row; used to describe procedural programming in SQL.
Where does rbar come from?: Coined by database administrator Jeff Moden.

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