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vaxocentrism

vaxocentrism is the alternative form of VAXocentrism.

Noun capitalized: VAXocentrism

VAXocentrism (uncountable)

  1. (rare, slang) The incorrect assumption that certain behaviours and memory storage conventions of the VAX (a computer system of the 1970s) are applicable on all computer architectures.
    • There's nothing that says that array elements in FORTRAN - or, for that matter, C - have to be contiguous. Thinking that that must be true as a matter of Natural Law is purest VAXocentrism.1991, Jay Maynard, “Segmented Architectures ( formerly Re: 48-bit computers)”, in comp.arch (Usenet)
    • i've long insisted that everyone here at NPRI *always* redefine that psect to be readonly under VAX/VMS . . . our code gets ported to other platforms, and it would be definite vaxocentrism to assume that literal strings are writable.1993, David P. Murphy, “modifying a literal string in C code”, in vmsnet.alpha (Usenet)

Origin of vaxocentrism

See -centrism.

Questions about vaxocentrism

What does vaxocentrism mean?
Vaxocentrism means the incorrect assumption that certain behaviours and memory storage conventions of the VAX (a computer system of the 1970s) are applicable on all computer architectures.
What is vaxocentrism the alternative form of?
Vaxocentrism is the alternative form of VAXocentrism.
What part of speech is vaxocentrism?
Vaxocentrism is a noun.

Words near vaxocentrism in the dictionary

  1. vaxidents
  2. vaxie
  3. vaxies
  4. vaxin
  5. vaxing
  6. vaxocentrism
  7. vaxtard
  8. vaxtards
  9. vaxx
  10. vaxxed
  11. vaxxer

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