classful
classful adjective: of or relating to a network-addressing architecture that divides the address space into a number of classes.
Adjective
classful (not comparable)
- Of or relating to a network-addressing architecture that divides the address space into a number of classes.
- Classful routing protocols do not carry subnet masks; classless routing protocols do.2002, Ravi Malhotra, IP Routing, page 101
- Of or relating to the presence and employment of classes in a programming language.
Noun
classful (plural classfuls or classesful)
- An amount that fills a class.
- They were real aids to memory, and amused whole classesful at a time.1922, C. C. Martindale, “At St. Mary’s Hall, September 1904—September 1907”, in Charles Dominic Plater S.J., London: Harding & More Ltd; The Ambrosden Press, […], page 87
- Furthermore, the deadly elasticity of heterosexist presumption means that, like Wendy in Peter Pan, people find new walls springing up around them even as they drowse: every encounter with a new classful of students, to say nothing of a new boss, social worker, loan officer, landlord, doctor...2008, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, Epistemology of the Closet, page 68
Antonyms of classful
Forms of classful
| plural | classfuls |
|---|---|
| plural | classesful |
Origin of classful
From class + -ful.
Questions about classful
- What does classful mean?
- Classful means of or relating to a network-addressing architecture that divides the address space into a number of classes.
- What part of speech is classful?
- Classful can be an adjective or a noun.
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