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Duff's device

Duff's device proper noun: a particular optimized implementation of a serial copy that uses an unusual C-language construct for loop unwinding.

Proper noun

Duff's device

  1. A particular optimized implementation of a serial copy that uses an unusual C-language construct for loop unwinding.

Origin of Duff's device

After Tom Duff of Lucasfilm.

Questions about Duff's device

What does Duff's device mean?
Duff's device means a particular optimized implementation of a serial copy that uses an unusual C-language construct for loop unwinding.
What part of speech is Duff's device?
Duff's device is a proper noun.

Words near Duff's device in the dictionary

  1. Dufaur
  2. Dufaux
  3. duff
  4. Duff Islands
  5. duff up
  6. Duff's device
  7. duffadar
  8. duffadars
  9. duffed
  10. duffed up
  11. duffel

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