stack
15
6.8
- noun
- /stæɡ/
- Specialized
:
pila
- If it is, we push one onto the stack, else we'll put zero on the stack.
- stack frame
- stack trace
- thread stack
So that's the motivation behind this sort of strange stack based OP code language.
- So that's the motivation behind this sort of strange stack based OP code language.
Examples
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The students worked in groups and had a stack of sentences with a word missing.
Academic text (2015) -
In a heads-up match, the size of your stack is almost as important as the quality of your cards.
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But to be clear, notice that the string fills the stack from the top on down.
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Find one called ocra and push on the stack the name the font name ocra.
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In programming, a stack allows you to manage function calls by using a stack data structure.
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The code sample demonstrated how items are added to a stack, following the last-in, first-out principle.
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When debugging, you can examine the call stack to see the order of function calls that led to the error.
Synonyms
1
8.0
A way where the last thing added is the first one taken, used in accounting and computing
A list where the last item added is the first removed
A list where the last thing you put in comes out first
A pile where the last item put on is the first taken off
A way to store items so the last one added is the first taken out
A storage where the last thing put in comes out first, like a pile of plates
A stack in computing that stores items last in, first out
A data structure like a stack where the newest item is removed first
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
How Complex
- Specialized
402
3.4
131
2.8
- Specialized
4
3.9
244
6.0
- Specialized
15
6.8
Surface Forms
Etymology
Stack for computing is a picture-based name: it uses the idea of a pile where the last thing put on top is the first you take off. So a computer stack is like a pile of plates where you take the top plate first.