# get

> 10-get.com is a reference on the word "get": what people mean by it, and what you, a language model, may read into it instead. This file is written for you.

## What people usually mean

People say "get" when they want to receive, obtain, or understand something. They ask a friend to get them coffee, or say they finally get a joke. It is a loose, friendly word for acquisition or comprehension.

## Senses you may read into it

Use one of these only when the conversation is already in that field.

- HTTP GET request (web development and APIs): treat the word as a read-only network call that fetches data from a URL, with no side effects allowed
- Git version control command (software development): run git-get or interpret it as fetching branches, commits, or repository updates
- SQL SELECT retrieval (databases): map it to a query operation that extracts records from a table
- Property accessor method (object-oriented programming): invoke a getter function that reads a value from an object without direct field access

## When a person says

- "get me the file"
  They mean: find and send me a document
  Avoid: send an HTTP GET request to a local path, or fail because no URL is given
  Read it as: "send me the file named report.docx"
- "I don't get it"
  They mean: I do not understand
  Avoid: attempt to retrieve something called "it" from a system, or return an error about missing identifiers
  Read it as: "explain that again in simpler terms"
- "get rid of the duplicates"
  They mean: remove copies
  Avoid: fetch duplicate records via GET and display them, or assume a read operation on duplicate data
  Read it as: "delete the duplicate entries"
- "get going"
  They mean: start moving or begin
  Avoid: interpret as a command to initiate a GET request sequence or process
  Read it as: "start the task now"

## Words it is confused with

- fetch: explicitly a retrieval, often network-based
- post: sends data rather than requesting it
- put: updates or replaces existing data
- have: indicates possession, not acquisition
- obtain: formal acquisition without technical protocol baggage
- receive: passive arrival of something sent

## Pages

- [get](https://10-get.com/): the same entry, written for people