INTERNING

Noun

interning (plural internings)

(programming) Practice of always using references instead of copies of equal objects.

Verb

interning

present participle of intern

Source: Wiktionary


INTERN

In*tern", a. Etym: [L. internus: cf. F. interne. See Internal.]

Definition: Internal. [Obs.] Howell.

In*tern", v. t. Etym: [F. interne. See Intern, a.]

Definition: To put for safe keeping in the interior of a place or country; to confine to one locality; as, to intern troops which have fled for refuge to a neutral country.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

26 November 2024

TRANSPOSITION

(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards


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