From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cafe
n 1: a small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold [syn:
cafe, coffeehouse, coffee shop, coffee bar]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Caf'e \Ca`f['e]"\ (k[a^]*f[=a]" or F. k[.a]`f[asl]"), n. [F. See
Coffee.]
A coffeehouse; a restaurant, especially a small restaurant
where drinks and snacks are sold; also, a room in a hotel or
restaurant where coffee and liquors are served.
Syn: coffeehouse, coffee shop, coffee bar.
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008) [foldoc]:
CAFE
["Job Control Languages: MAXIMOP and CAFE", J. Brandon, Proc
BCS Symp on Job Control Languages--Past Present and Future,
NCC, Manchester, England 1974].
(1994-10-28)