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Meaning of NuGet

I wonder what the meaning of NuGet is. Is it something like blah blah get? Does it even have a meaningful name? Or is it an abbreviation of something or somebody decided that name for fun? Please help, that question has been eating my head for 1 week.

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rmznbyk 1 Avatar asked Dec 01 '17 10:12

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1 Answers

Look here.

Seems it was voted on.
It's a bit hard to say (maybe I didn't look into it well enough) but -- especially since pronunciation is "New Get" -- basically:

NuGet: A new way to get libraries.

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MasterMastic Avatar answered Sep 19 '22 04:09

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