chainingn.
/ˈtʃeɪnɪŋ/ 1. The action of chain v.; putting in chains; enchainment; connection.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with tools or equipment > fastening > [noun] > with other specific fastenings
chaininga1387
hookingc1430
clasping1460
spanning1527
buckling1625
wedging1678
fishing1798
screw-bolting1831
slinging1833
stapling1898
society > communication > book > library or collection of books > library, place, or institution > [noun] > of books: provide with chain as fastening
chaining1583
society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > binding or fettering > [noun]
shackling1556
uptying1614
fetteringa1623
chaining1661
ironing1715
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 359 Þe chaynyng and teienge of þe grete hound Cerberus.
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) v. xxviii. 138 The ouer cheynynge of the honde hath thre bones that entre in to the holownes of the armes.
1583 Grindal's Will in Wks. (1843) 459 Ten pounds towards the clasping, bossing and chaining of the same [books].
1661 G. 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. The action or process of forming a long cotton warp or chain into links for bleaching or dyeing. Also in combinations, as chaining-machine.
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1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. Chaining-machine.
3. 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.
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society > computing and information technology > data > [noun] > structure > list > use of
chaining1957
1957 Proc. IRE-AIEE-ACM Western Joint Computer Conf. 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.
1967 H. 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.
1971 R. 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.
1979 Personal Computer World Nov. 69 (advt.) Supports full file control, chaining, integer and extended precision variables etc.
1983 80 Microcomputing Jan. 24/2 The program has also been updated to include chaining, killing, and merging of files.
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