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What (who) is snap - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
SNAP; Snap (song); Snap (disambiguation)
SNAP
<language> 1. An early (IBM 360?) interpreted
text-processing language for beginners, close to basic
English.
["Computer Programming in English", M.P. Barnett, Harcourt
Brace 1969 ].
2. ["Some Proposals for SNAP, A Language with Formal Macro
Facilities", R.B. Napper, Computer J 10(3):231-243, 1967 ].
[Same as 1? ]
(2006-05-27)
snap
1. <programming> To remove indirection, e.g. by replacing a
pointer to a pointer with a pointer to the final target (see
chase pointers).
The underlying metaphor may be a rubber band stretched through
a number of points; if you release it from the intermediate
points, it snaps to a straight line from first to last.
Often a trampoline performs an error check once and then
snaps the pointer that invoked it so subsequent calls will
bypass the trampoline (and its one-shot error check). In this
context one also speaks of "snapping links". For example, in
a Lisp implementation, a function interface trampoline might
check to make sure that the caller is passing the correct
number of arguments; if it is, and if the caller and the
callee are both compiled, then snapping the link allows that
particular path to use a direct procedure-call instruction
with no further overhead.
[Jargon File ]
(2006-05-27)
2. <operating system> snap dump.
(2006-05-27)
snap
I
n.
spell of weather
1) a cold snap
something easy
(colloq.)
2) a snap to + inf. (it was a snap to find information about that author = it was a snap finding information about that author)
II
v.
1) (D; intr.) to snap at (the dog snapped at him; to snap at the bait)
2) (misc.) to snap to attention; to snap out of a bad mood
Examples of use of snap
1. Snap checks Speaking on state television, Mr Saeedi said Iran was willing to resume snap inspections with conditions.
2. Several Labour parliamentarians backed a snap vote.
3. Brace yourself for a white Easter as –8C cold snap hits Britain And to add to the misery, a Siberian cold snap is due to hit Britain tomorrow.
4. Journalists increasingly dwell in a world of snap judgments.
5. Then snap up some fragrance for your home from Kiarie.