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side-effect [2 records]

Record 1 2002-01-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Programming Languages
DEF

Any external effect caused by the execution of an expression, statement, or subprogram other than the intended effect.

OBS

side effect: term standardized by ISO and CSA.

Key term(s)
  • side-effect

French

Domaine(s)
  • Langages de programmation
DEF

Tout effet, autre que la production de l'effet évident, provoqué par l'exécution d'une expression, d'une instruction ou d'un sous-programme.

OBS

effet oblique; effet secondaire; effet de bord : termes normalisés par l'ISO et la CSA.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Lenguaje de programación
DEF

Efecto de una unidad de programa que no puede observarse desde sus parámetros; por ejemplo, la modificación de una variable no local o la ejecución de entrada/salida.

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Record 2 1993-02-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security
CONT

A virus consists of two parts: Self-replicating code and the "payload" which, produces side-effects .... The side-effects of a virus are limited only by the imagination of the virus author and can range from annoyance to serious vandalism.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI
CONT

Un virus comprend deux parties: un code autoreproducteur et une «charge» qui produit des effets secondaires (...) Les effets secondaires d'un virus ne sont limités que par l'imagination de l'auteur du virus et peuvent aller de la simple gêne au véritable vandalisme.

Spanish

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