counters

Noun

counter (plural counters)

1. One who counts.
   • He's only 16 months, but is already a good counter – he can count to 100.
2. A reckoner; someone who collects data by counting; an enumerator.
   • The basic idea is that the researcher conducting the transect (called the counter or enumerator) walks along a set path at certain intervals (hourly, daily, monthly, etc.) and tallies all instances of whatever is being surveyed.2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 4
3. An object (now especially a small disc) used in counting or keeping count, or as a marker in games, etc.
   • He rolled a six on the dice, so moved his counter forward six spaces.
4. A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations.
5. A variable, memory location, etc. whose contents are incremented to keep a count.
   • With a foreach block, you don't need to create an explicit counter variable.2006, Matthew MacDonald, Beginning ASP.NET 2.0 in C# 2005: From Novice to Professional, page 49
6. (Internet) A hit counter.

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