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chaining, vbl. n.|ˈtʃeɪnɪŋ|
[f. chain v. + -ing1.]
1. The action of the vb. chain; putting in chains; enchainment; connexion.
1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) II. 359 (Mätz.) Þe chaynyng and teienge of þe grete hound Cerberus. 1398― Barth. De P.R. v. xxviii. (1495) 138 The ouer cheynynge of the honde hath thre bones that entre in to the holownes of the armes. 1583Grindal's Will Wks. (1843) 459 Ten pounds towards the clasping, bossing and chaining of the same [books]. 1661G. Bishope (title), New England Judged..a brief relation of the Sufferings of the People called Quakers..wherein the Cruel..Bonds and Imprisonments, Beatings and Chainings..are shortly touched.
2. Computing. A method of organizing or storing data in which each item contains an address by which a successor may be located, so obviating the need to use contiguous storage locations.
1957Proc. Western Joint Computer Conf. Feb. 225/2 We find that the over-all chances of a particular match being successful are 0.3 per cent for substitution, 13.4 per cent for detachment, 13.8 per cent for forward chaining, and 9.4 per cent for backward chaining. 1967H. Hellerman Digital Computer Syst. Princ. iii. 156 The performance of the hashing methods [of organizing a file], especially the chaining method, is quite high; fewer probes are required on average than with the binary search. 1971R. W. Lott Basic Data Processing (ed. 2) vi. 114 Chaining may provide for more efficient programs since such instructions don't require storage space for the address, and the movement and analysis of the address are eliminated. 1979Personal Computer World Nov. 69 (Advt.), Supports full file control, chaining, integer and extended precision variables etc. 198380 Microcomputing Jan. 24/2 The program has also been updated to include chaining, killing, and merging of files. |