ALL meanings of easter egg
Eas·ter egg
E e - noun easter egg chocolate egg given at Easter 1
- noun easter egg bird's egg decorated for Easter 1
- noun easter egg computer program: hidden feature 1
- noun Definition of easter egg in Technology (jargon) (From the custom of the Easter Egg hunt observed in the US and many parts of Europe) 1. A message hidden in the object code of a program as a joke, intended to be found by persons disassembling or browsing the code. 2. A message, graphic, sound effect, or other behaviour emitted by a program (or, on an IBM PC, the BIOS ROM) in response to some undocumented set of commands or keystrokes, intended as a joke or to display program credits. One well-known early Easter egg found in a couple of operating systems caused them to respond to the command "make love" with "not war?". Many personal computers, and even satellite control computers, have much more elaborate eggs hidden in ROM, including lists of the developers' names (e.g. Microsoft Windows 3.1x), political exhortations and snatches of music. The Tandy Color Computer 3 (CoCo) had images of the entire development team. Microsoft Excel 97 includes a flight simulator! 1
- noun easter egg a chicken egg that is dyed and often given a figure or design, or an imitation of such an egg, as an egg-shaped candy or chocolate, used at Easter as a gift or decoration. 1
- noun easter egg Digital Technology. an extra feature, as a message or video, hidden in a software program, video game, DVD, etc., and revealed as by an obscure sequence of keystrokes or commands. 1
- noun easter egg Movies, Television. a hidden message, as a cryptic reference, iconic image, or inside joke, that fans are intended to discover in a television show or movie. 1
- noun easter egg A dyed or decorated egg, traditionally associated with Easter and, in the Western European tradition, sometimes hidden for children to find. 0
- noun easter egg A chocolate confection in the shape of an egg, sometimes with chocolates or sweets inside. 0
- noun easter egg (computing) An undocumented function hidden in a program or video game, typically triggered by a particular input sequence or combination of keystrokes. 0
- noun easter egg Any image, feature, or other content that is hidden on a video disc or in a movie, trailer, or poster. 0
- countable noun easter egg An Easter egg is an egg made of chocolate that is given as a present at Easter. In some countries, Easter eggs are hidden and children then look for them. 0
- noun easter egg an egg given to children at Easter, usually a chocolate egg or a hen's egg with its shell painted 0
- noun easter egg a bonus or extra feature hidden inside a website, computer game, or DVD, that is only revealed after repeated or lengthy viewing or playing 0
- noun easter egg a colored egg or an egg-shaped piece of candy, etc., used as an Easter gift or ornament 0