literal
A constant made available to a process, by inclusion in the executable text. Most modern systems do not allow texts to modify themselves during execution, so literals are indeed constant their value is written at compile-time and is read-only at run time. In contrast, values placed in variables or files and accessed by the process via a symbolic name, can be changed during execution. This may be an asset. For example, messages can be given in a choice of languages by placing the translation in a file. Literals are used when such modification is not desired. The name of the file mentioned above (not its content), or a physical constant such as 3.14159, might be coded as a literal. Literals can be accessed quickly, a potential advantage of their use. (1996-01-23) In addition suitable contents:
[ 2 ] [ ad ] [ ag ] [ ai ] [ al ] [ am ] [ an ] [ ar ] [ as ] [ at ] [ av ] [ b ] [ be ] [ bo ] [ by ] [ ca ] [ cat ] [ cc ] [ ch ] [ ci ] [ ck ] [ cl ] [ co ] [ code ] [ com ] [ con ] [ cons ] [ cu ] [ de ] [ do ] [ du ] [ ec ] [ ed ] [ ee ] [ er ] [ era ] [ es ] [ et ] [ exec ] [ executable ] [ execution ] [ fi ] [ file ] [ ge ] [ gh ] [ gi ] [ gr ] [ gu ] [ h ] [ hang ] [ ht ] [ il ] [ in ] [ inc ] [ io ] [ ir ] [ is ] [ it ] [ la ] [ language ] [ li ] [ lite ] [ ls ] [ lu ] [ lv ] [ ly ] [ M ] [ ma ] [ message ] [ mm ] [ mo ] [ mod ] [ mode ] [ mp ] [ ms ] [ na ] [ nc ] [ ne ] [ ng ] [ nl ] [ no ] [ ns ] [ om ] [ ph ] [ physical ] [ pl ] [ pr ] [ process ] [ program ] [ programming ] [ re ] [ ro ] [ ru ] [ run ] [ run time ] [ sa ] [ se ] [ set ] [ si ] [ sl ] [ so ] [ st ] [ su ] [ sy ] [ system ] [ T ] [ table ] [ tag ] [ text ] [ th ] [ to ] [ tr ] [ tt ] [ ua ] [ us ] [ va ] [ value ] [ var ] [ variable ] [ ve ] [ vi ]
[ Go Back ]
Free On-line Dictionary of Computing Copyright © by OnlineWoerterBuecher.de - (5008 Reads) |
