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misfetches

misfetches is the plural of misfetch.

misfetches is the third-person singular simple present indicative of misfetch.

Meaning of misfetch

Noun

misfetch (plural misfetches)

  1. An error that occurs when the wrong block of code is fetched in advance.
    • It also shows the conditional branch misprediction rate ( due to both misprediction and target address misfetch), the return misprediction rate, and the BTB miss rate .1996, Parallel Architectures and Compilation Techniques, page 63
  2. The act of fetching to the wrong location.
    • Sometimes you had to work the weather side on account of that being too far to get across the sand to a wreck from the leeward. That wasn't very nice, because you hadn't got no shelter and if you made a misfetch you'd soon be up alongside the wreck yourself.1980, Hervey Benham, The Salvagers, page 69

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Questions about misfetches

What is misfetches the plural of?
Misfetches is the plural of misfetch.

Words near misfetches in the dictionary

  1. misfertilized
  2. misfertilizes
  3. misfertilizing
  4. misfetch
  5. misfetched
  6. misfetches
  7. misfetching
  8. misfield
  9. misfielded
  10. misfielding
  11. misfields

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