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 **Dope vector**: **Dope vector**:
-"A data structure used to hold information about a data object, e.g. an array, especially its memory layout...The dope vector includes an identifier, a length, a parent address, and a next child address."​\\ **Source:​** ​[[wp>​Dope vector]]+"A data structure used to hold information about a data object, e.g. an array, especially its memory layout...The dope vector includes an identifier, a length, a parent address, and a next child address." ​([[wp>​Dope vector]])
  
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 **Flag**: A bit attached to a word for identification or for the purpose of signaling some condition. Typical microprocessors include carry, zero, sign, overflow, and half-carry status flags. (SC:326) **Flag**: A bit attached to a word for identification or for the purpose of signaling some condition. Typical microprocessors include carry, zero, sign, overflow, and half-carry status flags. (SC:326)
  
-**Framebuffer**:​ +**Framebuffer**:​ A framebuffer (frame buffer, or sometimes framestore) is a portion of RAM[1] containing a bitmap that is driven to a video display from a memory buffer containing a complete frame of data. ([[wp>​Framebuffer]])
-"A framebuffer (frame buffer, or sometimes framestore) is a portion of RAM[1] containing a bitmap that is driven to a video display from a memory buffer containing a complete frame of data."\\ **Source:​** ​[[wp>​Framebuffer]]+
  
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-**Reentrant**:​ A computer program or subroutine that can be interrupted in the middle of its execution and then safely called again ("​re-entered"​) before its previous invocations complete execution.\\ **Source:​** ​[[wp>​Reentrancy (computing)]]+**Reentrant**:​ A computer program or subroutine that can be interrupted in the middle of its execution and then safely called again ("​re-entered"​) before its previous invocations complete execution. ​([[wp>​Reentrancy (computing)]])
  
 **Register**:​ A memory device directly accessible by the central processor used for the temporary storage of a computer word during arithmetic, logical, or I/O operations. (SC:​327–8) **Register**:​ A memory device directly accessible by the central processor used for the temporary storage of a computer word during arithmetic, logical, or I/O operations. (SC:​327–8)
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 **Scratchpad**:​ An area of main memory set aside for short and frequently-used calculations. (BS:18) **Scratchpad**:​ An area of main memory set aside for short and frequently-used calculations. (BS:18)
  
-**Semaphore**:​ A variable or abstract data type used for controlling access, by multiple processes, to a common resource in a concurrent system such as a multiprogramming operating system. A trivial semaphore is a plain variable that is changed (for example, incremented or decremented,​ or toggled) depending on programmer-defined conditions. The variable is then used as a condition to control access to some system resource.\\ **Source:​** ​[[wp>​Semaphore (programming)]]+**Semaphore**:​ A variable or abstract data type used for controlling access, by multiple processes, to a common resource in a concurrent system such as a multiprogramming operating system. A trivial semaphore is a plain variable that is changed (for example, incremented or decremented,​ or toggled) depending on programmer-defined conditions. The variable is then used as a condition to control access to some system resource. ​([[wp>​Semaphore (programming)]])
  
 **Stack**: A reserved area of several memory locations, the top of which is indicated by the contents of the stack pointer. Memory location are organized as a last-in, first-out file. By looking at particular entries in the stack, the central processor returns to a main program regardless of the depth of nested subroutines. (SC: 28-9) **Stack**: A reserved area of several memory locations, the top of which is indicated by the contents of the stack pointer. Memory location are organized as a last-in, first-out file. By looking at particular entries in the stack, the central processor returns to a main program regardless of the depth of nested subroutines. (SC: 28-9)
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 **Subroutine**:​ A program within a program that performs a specific, often-used function. (BS:18) **Subroutine**:​ A program within a program that performs a specific, often-used function. (BS:18)
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