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`store suppprt procedure
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`[654]
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`string constant
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`matching a protection key associated with Li stun: ref-
`erence io main storage with a storage key associated
`with each block of main storage. See also fetch pro-
`tcction.
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`store support procedure A procedure that assists
`personnel
`in administrative. operational. and manage-
`rial openttiomt apart from customer checkout.
`
`store through cache In a processing unit. a store
`(write) operation,
`in which data are immediately put
`into both cache and main stt)1'agc locations.
`
`storing (ll The action of placing data into a storage
`device.
`(2) To place data into a storage device.
`(3) To retain data in a storage device.
`(T)
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`storyboard in multimedia applications, a visual repre-
`sentation cl‘ the script. showing a picture of each scene
`and describing its corresponciing audio.
`synonymous
`with slide show presentation.
`
`Storyboarding In multimedia applications. producing
`St sequence of still images. Such as titles, graphics. and
`images, to work out the visual details of a script.
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`STP Stop character.
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`STR Synchronous mlnsrnitter receiver.
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`straight line coding (I) A set of instructions without
`loops.
`(1)
`(A)
`[2] Programrning technique in
`which loops are avoided by unwinding.
`ll)
`(A)
`
`Stratified language (1) A language [llfll cannot be
`used
`as
`its
`own metalanguage;
`for
`example,
`F()R'l’RAN.
`(I)
`(A)
`(2) Contrast with unstralificd
`language.
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`streak A narrow area on a printed sheet that is either
`darker or lighter than desired. Contrast with gray bar.
`spot.
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`stream (1) To Send data from one device to another.
`(2) See data stream.
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`the lt’Ell'lSI1'IlSSl0tl.
`stream data transmission In PLII,
`of data in which the organiaration of the data into
`records is ignored and the data is treated as though it
`were a continuous stream of individual data values in
`character
`form.
`Contrast with record data trans-
`mission.
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`stream editor In text processing, a text editor that
`treats the entire text as a single string, even when the
`string
`is
`broken
`into
`lines
`for
`viewing
`PUfT'05€5-
`(T) M)
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`streamer Synonym for slrealning tape drive.
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`stream file in BASIC. a tile on dist: in which data is
`read and written in consecutive fields without record
`boundaries. Contrast with record file.
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`streaming (1) A condition in which a device remains
`in a transmit state for an abnormal
`length of time.
`(2) A rnethud of‘ writing and reading data on magnetic
`tape as continuous fields without record boundaries.
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`streaming tape drive A magnetic tape unit especially
`designed to make a nonstop dump or restore of mag-
`netic disks without stopping at
`interbloclt gaps. Synv
`onyrnous with streamer.
`(T)
`Contrast with start-stop
`tape drive.
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`streaming tape recording A method of recording on
`magnetic tape that maintains continuous tape motion
`without
`the requiieineut
`to start and stop within the
`intcrrecord gap.
`(A)
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`stream mode A method of sending and receiving data
`in which records are defined as a stream of data
`without boundaries.
`
`that
`strength member in an optical cable, material
`can be located either centrally or peripherally and that
`l'un<:tion.r as a strain relief.
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`severe
`printing,
`patterns In
`stress
`standard patterns used to test print quality.
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`pnnt-quality
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`type checking In C language. Checking data
`strict
`types for compliance with the rules of C language
`more strictly than C compiler clinching.
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`to clear away, remove, or dis-
`strike In videotaping,
`mnntlc anything on the set.
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`etrikeover A cliaracter entered in a space currently
`occupied by another character.
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`string (I) A sequence of elements of me same nature.
`such as characters considered as a whole.
`(T)
`(2) In
`programming languages.
`the tom] of data used for
`storing and manipulating text.
`(3)
`In XL Pascal, an
`object of the predefined type STRING.
`(4) In the
`ASH-GU system,
`:1 group of auxiliary storage devices
`connected in a series on the sy:-‘Lem. The order and
`location in which each device is connected to the
`system determines the physical address of the device.
`(5) ln PU], a sequence of characters or bits that
`is
`treated as a single data item.
`(6) In SQL,
`:1 character
`string.
`(7') See alphabetic string. binary element
`string, hit string, character string, compound string.
`confonnant string,
`literal
`string. mixed string, null
`string, pattern string, symbol stftng.
`text string. unit
`string.
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`string constant In Pascal. a string whose value is
`fixed by the compiler.
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