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autoflush

autoflush noun: automatic flushing of a buffer.

Noun

autoflush (uncountable)

  1. Automatic flushing of a buffer.
    • If the writer is set to autoflush mode, then all characters in the buffer are sent to their destination whenever println is called.2001, Cay S. Horstmann, Gary Cornell, Core Java 2: Fundamentals, page 715
    • With autoflush off, you can easily start generating content, have your code throw it away halfway through, and then issue a redirect.2002, Dave Rolsky, Ken Williams, Embedding Perl in HTML with Mason

Verb

autoflush (third-person singular simple present autoflushes, present participle autoflushing, simple past and past participle autoflushed)

  1. (transitive) To flush (a buffer) automatically.

Forms of autoflush

third-person singular presentautoflushes
present participleautoflushing
past participleautoflushed
pastautoflushed

Origin of autoflush

From auto- + flush.

Questions about autoflush

What does autoflush mean?
Autoflush means automatic flushing of a buffer.
What part of speech is autoflush?
Autoflush can be a noun or a verb.

Words near autoflush in the dictionary

  1. autofluorophore
  2. autofluorophores
  3. autofluoroscope
  4. autofluoroscopes
  5. autofluoroscopic
  6. autoflush
  7. autoflushed
  8. autoflushes
  9. autoflushing
  10. autofocal
  11. autofocals

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