SCOPE
Scope
In computer programming, the scope of an identifier is the part of a computer program where the identifier, a name that refers to some entity in the program, can be used to find the referred entity. Thus the scope is the context within the program in which an identifier is valid and can be resolved to find the entity associated with the identifier – when the entity is visible. Most commonly "scope" refers to when a given name can refer to a given variable or function – when a declaration has effect – but can also apply to other entities, such as types, functions, and labels. Scope is an important component of name resolution, which is in turn ...The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Scope (computer science)
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scope
Noun
- The breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain.
- A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target
- The region of program source in which an identifier is meaningful.
- The shortest sub-wff of which a given instance of a logical connective is a part.
- The region of an utterance to which some modifying element applies.
- the scope of an adverb
- Shortened form of periscope, telescope, microscope or oscilloscope.
Verb
- To perform a cursory investigation, as to scope out.
- To perform arthroscopic surgery.
- The surgeon will scope the football player's knee to repair damage to a ligament.
- To examine under a microscope.
- The entomologist explained that he could not tell what species of springtail we were looking at without scoping it.
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