The *(term) for a sentence that describes itself. Named after their inventor _(W. V. Quine), in a programming setting, they are programs that output their own source code.

Here are a few pages on Quines:
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<li>_(David Madore's | http://www.eleves.ens.fr:8080/~madore/computers/quine.html)
<li>_(Gary Thompson's | http://www.nyx.net/~gthompso/quine.htm)
<li>_(Ben Olmstead's | http://www.mines.edu/students/b/bolmstea/quines/)
<li>_(Craig S. Kaplan's | http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/csk/paper/)
<li>Note also the quines in Ken Thompson's _(Turing Award lecture | http://cm.bell-labs.com/who/ken/trust.html).
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