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thunks

thunks is the plural of thunk.

Meaning of thunk

Noun

thunk (plural thunks)

  1. (functional programming) A delayed computation.
    • Not surprisingly, a thunk is more expensive to store than a single number[…].2009, Bryan O'Sullivan, John Goerzen, Donald Bruce Stewart, Real World Haskell, O'Reilly, page 97
  2. In the Scheme programming language, a function or procedure taking no arguments.
  3. A specialized subroutine that one software module uses to execute code in another module.
    • If the provider of these DLLs has not updated the code to a 32-bit environment, you will have to switch to a new 32-bit library or write thunks between your 32-bit code and the 16-bit DLL.1995 October 10, PC Mag, volume 14, number 17, page 326

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Questions about thunks

What is thunks the plural of?
Thunks is the plural of thunk.

Words near thunks in the dictionary

  1. thunk
  2. thunked
  3. thunker
  4. thunkers
  5. thunking
  6. thunks
  7. thunnid
  8. thunnids
  9. thunnies
  10. thunniform
  11. thunnosaur

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