"De facto" is Latin for "in fact" or "that which exists." See proprietary standard. Contrast with de jure standard. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction requires ...

By the time a new language feature becomes a standard, a dozen new features have been already implemented. For example, in the early 1980s, dBASE became a de facto standard business programming ...

However, Chase agreed with counsel for Virginia that because section 3 did not in the absence of implementing legislation remove Sheffey from office, he was a judge de facto even though not a ...