имя существительное 1) а) [ботаника] тыква (обыкновенная) ([латинский язык] Cucurbita pepo) Синоним(ы): squash б) плод этого растения 2) (Pumpkin) [преимущественно американский вариант английского языка] ягодка, душечка (ласковое обращение) 3) интенсивный оранжевый цвет
noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: alteration of earlier pumpion, modification of French popon, pompon melon, pumpkin, from Latin pepon-, pepo, from Greek pepōn, from pepōn ripened; akin to Greek pessein to cook, ripen — more at cook 1. a. the usually round orange fruit of an annual vine (Cucurbita pepo) of the gourd family widely cultivated as food b. winter crookneck c. British any of various large-fruited winter squashes (C. maxima) 2. a usually hairy prickly vine that produces pumpkins 3. a strong orange color
A humourous term for the token - the object (notional or real) that gives its possessor (the "pumpking" or the "pumpkineer") exclusive access to something, e.g. applying patches to a master copy of source (for which the pumpkin is called a "patch pumpkin"). Chip Salzenberg wrote: David Croy once told me once that at a previous job, there was one tape drive and multiple systems that used it for backups. But instead of some high-tech exclusion software, they used a low-tech method to prevent multiple simultaneous backups: a stuffed pumpkin. No one was allowed to make backups unless they had the "backup pumpkin".