flag n.
[very common] A variable or quantity that can
take on one of two values; a bit, particularly one that is used to
indicate one of two outcomes or is used to control which of two
things is to be done. "This flag controls whether to clear the
screen before printing the message." "The program status word
contains several flag bits." Used of humans analogously to
bit. See also hidden flag, mode bit
[very common] A variable or quantity that can
take on one of two values; a bit, particularly one that is used to
indicate one of two outcomes or is used to control which of two
things is to be done. "This flag controls whether to clear the
screen before printing the message." "The program status word
contains several flag bits." Used of humans analogously to
bit. See also hidden flag, mode bit
Related:
- flag: n. A variable or quantity that can take on one of two
values;
a bit, particularly one that is used to indicate one... - bit n.
[from the mainstream meaning and `Binary digIT']
1.
[techspeak] The unit of information; the amount of... - mode bit: n. A {flag}, usually in hardware, that selects between
two (usually quite different) modes of operation.
The connotations are different from {flag} bit in... - mode bit n.
[common] A flag, usually in hardware,
that selects between two (usually quite different)... - trit /trit/ n.
[by analogy with `bit'] One base-3
digit;
the amount of information conveyed by a selection among... - trit: /trit/ [by analogy with `bit'] n. One base-3 digit;
the amount of information conveyed by a selection... - flag day: n. A software change that is neither forward-
nor backward-compatible, and which is costly to... - bit bashing n.
(alt. `bit diddling' or bit twiddling) Term used to describe any of several kinds of low-
programming characterized by manipulation of bit, flag... - flag day n.
A software change that is neither forward-
nor backward-compatible, and which is costly to make...
From the same category:
- bytesexual /bi:t`sek'shu-*l/ adj.
[rare] Said of
hardware,
denotes willingness to compute or pass data in either... - yoyo mode n.
The state in which the system is said to be
when it rapidly alternates several times between being up and being
down.
Interestingly (and perhaps not by coincidence), many... - exercise, left as an adj.
[from technical books] Used to
complete a proof when one doesn't mind a handwave,
or to avoid one entirely. The complete phrase is... - bug-of-the-month club n.
[from "book-of-the-month
club",
a time-honored mail-order-marketing technique in the... - flatten vt.
[common] To remove structural information,
esp. to filter something with an implicit tree structure...
