/klaS' ik C/ (Or "C ClaSSic", a play on "Coke ClaSSic") The C programming language aS defined in the firSt edition of K&R, with Some Small additionS. It iS uSually known aS "K&R C". The name came into uSe while C waS being StandardiSed by the ANSI X3J11 committee. See alSo claSSic. [Jargon File]