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incr

incr

8.9
An amount added each time in a count, often in computer programs
  • noun
  • /ˈɪŋkr/
  • Specialized
translation icon : incr
  • After each successful iteration, we recorded the incr in processing speed for analysis.

Examples

  • This is incr--

  • "Charlie is incr..."

  • Incr vel!

  • A call to incr() does not behave atomically; it is vis-

    Academic text (2012)
  • A thread could do nothing but call incr() once, loading the value zero from x at the beginning, get suspended for a long time, and then write back one just before the program terminates.

    Academic text (2012)
  • (Atomicity means different things to different communities; our use is called isolation. Void incr() x++ is equivalent to x = x + 1, which by database folks.) Synchronized(mtx) amounts to three steps:

    Academic text (2012)
  • She also directs Ceres' Investor Network on Climate Risk (INCR), a group of 100 institutional investors managing nearly $10 trillion in assets focused on the business risks and opportunities of climate change.

    Blog text (28)
  • No. 2 communications of the ACM 49 or perhaps just synchronized void incr() x++; Those would all work correctly, but mutex calls can be slow, so the result may run slower than desired.

    Academic text (2012)
  • In programming, the function incr() adds one to the current value of the variable.

  • The software update included an incr in storage capacity, allowing for more data to be saved.

Synonyms

increase
vsincr
524 1.0

The extra amount added to something to make it larger

is the abbreviated technical form used mainly in computing for that quantity
increment
vsincr
25 5.1

A small fixed amount by which something increases

is the abbreviated technical form used especially in computing for that same amount

Antonyms

to decrement
  • Specialized
1 7.4

To make a number or amount smaller, often by one

How Big

surge
132 4.2
increase
524 1.0
incr
  • Specialized
8.9
step
1.0

Surface Forms

incr singular
incrs plural

Etymology

Incr is a short form of increment or increase, meaning 'an amount added'. In computing it usually names the step you add to a number, so an incr tells how much a counter grows each time.