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pc-ism

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Definition of pc-ism word

  • noun Technical meaning of pc-ism /P-C-izm/ A piece of code or coding technique that takes advantage of the unprotected single-tasking environment in IBM PCs and the like, e.g. by busy-waiting on a hardware register, direct diddling of screen memory or using hard timing loops. Compare ill-behaved, vaxism, Unixism. 1

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Parts of speech for Pc-ism

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

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