A Scottish habitational surname and clan.
Used in a Sentence
cunningham
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for cunningham.
Editorial note
Obviously, he did not interview for Cunningham & Cunningham, Inc.
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Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
A Scottish habitational surname and clan.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of cunningham gathered in one view.
An electoral division in New South Wales, Australia
A number of places in the United States:
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for cunningham.
noun
A Scottish habitational surname and clan.
noun
An electoral division in New South Wales, Australia
noun
A number of places in the United States:
noun
A rural locality in Southern Downs Region, southern Queensland, Australia.
Example sentences
Obviously, he did not interview for Cunningham & Cunningham, Inc.
Ward Cunningham is a respected and intelligent software designer who works on open projects for the public good.
The best programmers, say Ward Cunningham (to name one more name than you or Joel do), are methodology gurus.
Nothing wrong but maybe Ward Cunningham wants a platform that does not converge toward consensus too much.
Other than that, it seems Cunningham was the sole soul behind wikis.
To me the word wiki refers either to the original wiki at c2.com[1] by Ward Cunningham or the kind of organically grown community around a user editable website.
I'm always interested in what Katie Cunningham has to say.
I believe the wiki is among the most amazing things to come out of the web (and think Cunningham is a genius for inventing it, or discovering it, or whatever process made it happen), and I can't count the number of times I've lost an hour or two spelunking into the C2 wiki.
Quote examples
For more info, see Cunningham's documents "On Federating Wiki" [0] and "Federation Details" [1].
A conventional wiki, says Mike Caulfield, is "a relentless consensus engine." A federated wiki may eventually yield consensus, but it promotes what Ward Cunningham calls a chorus of voices.
"Yodle’s chief executive, Court Cunningham, so values being close to other employees that he does not want a private office." I've had a few bosses/CEOs who said they loved open space and forced it on everyone.
Proper noun examples
Cunningham, long at Waterloo, has a nice solution based on what he calls strongly feasible basic solutions.
Christopher Alexander also wrote A Pattern Language which was one of the inspirations for Beck and Cunningham's thoughts about software design patterns.
As far as I know, no one disputes the creation story of the first wiki as being by Ward Cunningham.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use cunningham in a sentence?
Obviously, he did not interview for Cunningham & Cunningham, Inc.
What does cunningham mean?
A Scottish habitational surname and clan.
What part of speech is cunningham?
cunningham is commonly used as noun.