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POP STACK [4 records]

Record 1 2018-11-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Transport of Goods
  • Ports
DEF

A dockside worker responsible for securing cargo against all movement.

CONT

With their hooks, the lashers pop open the automatic locks on each container corner that further connect the stack during transit.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Transport de marchandises
  • Ports
DEF

Employé de port qui dispose méthodiquement les marchandises à bord d'un navire et les fixe solidement.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-07-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Programs and Programming
DEF

A stack whose last item placed in storage is the last item that will be accessed. Contrast with push-down stack.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)
OBS

Comparer à pile refoulée, liste refoulée.

Spanish

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Record 3 2001-09-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Programs and Programming
CONT

Stack operators(PUSH and POP) can, on most processors, sequence through, load, and unload memory faster than any instruction, and as a bonus they have autoincrement capabilities.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)

Spanish

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Record 4 1992-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Programming Languages
DEF

The pop operation retrieves the most recent element pushed onto the top of the stack. Thus information is retrieved on a last-in-first-out basis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Langages de programmation

Spanish

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