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`ALGOL\al‘gil, al’g6l\_ 7. Short
`Language. Thefirst structured procedural pro-
`gramming language, developedin the late 1950s
`and once widely used in Europe.
`algorithm \al ga-ridhom\ n. A finite sequence
`of steps for solving a
`logical or mathematical
`problem.
`algorithmic language \al ga-ridh’ mik lang woj\
`n. A programming language, such as Ada, Basic,
`C. or Pascal,
`that uses algorithms for problem
`solving.
`alias \4 lé-0s, al’yas\ n. 1. An alternative label for
`some object, such as afile or data collection. 2. A
`nameusedto direct e-mail messages to a person
`or group of people on a network. 3. A false signal
`that
`results from the digitization of an analog
`audio sample.
`aliasing \i 1é-o-séng’, 4l‘yo-séng’\ 7. In computer
`graphics, the jagged appearanceof curves or diag-
`onal lines on a display screen, which is caused by
`lowscreen resolution. See the illustration.
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`Aliasing. The lower resolution ofthe image on the
`right reveals the aliasing effect.
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`aliasing bug \i lé-as-éng bug’, al-ya-séng\ n. A
`class of subtle programmingerrors that can arise
`in code that performs dynamicallocation. If sev-
`eral pointers address the same chunk ofstorage,
`the program mayfree the storage using one of
`the pointers, but
`then attempt
`to use another
`one (an alias), which would no longer be point-
`ing to the desired data. This bug is avoidable by
`the use of allocation strategies that never use
`more than one copy of a pointer to allocated
`core memory, or by the use of higher-level lan-
`guages, such as LISP, which employ a garbage
`collection feature. Also called stale pointer bug.
`See also alias,
`dynamic
`allocation, garbage
`collection.
`align \a-lin’\ vb. 1. In an application such as a
`word processor, to position lines of type relative
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`2. To adjust some device to position it within speci-
`fied tolerances, such as the read/write headrelative
`toa track ona disk.3. In data handling, to store mul-
`tiple-byte data units so that the respective bytesfall
`in corresponding locations of memory.
`alignment
`\o-lin ‘mont\ m. The arrangement of
`objects in fixed or predeterminedpositions, rows,
`or columns. For example,
`the Macintosh Finder
`can do automatic alignment of icons in a folder or
`on the desktop.
`allocate \al‘o-kat\ vb. To reserve a resource, such
`as sufficient memory, for use by a program. Com-
`pare deallocate.
`allocation \ala-ka’shan\ 7. In operating systems,
`the process of reserving memory for use by a pro-
`gram,
`allocation block size \al-9-ka°shon blok’ siz\ n.
`The size of an individual block on a storage
`medium, such as a hard -drive, which is deter-
`mined by factors such as total disk size and parti-
`tioning options.
`allocation unit
`cluster.
`all points addressable \ il’ points a-dres*o-bl\ ”.
`The mode in computergraphics in whichall pixels
`can be individually manipulated. Acronym: APA
`(A’P-A’). See also graphics mode.
`Alpha \al‘fa\ 7. Digital Equipment Corporation's
`(DEC's)
`internal name for its 64-bit RISC-based
`microprocessor product
`introduced in February
`1992 as the DECchip 21064. For trademark rea-
`sons, DEC has expandedthe nameto Alpha AXP,
`used as an adjective to describe the DECchip tech-
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