单词 | addressable |
释义 | addressableadj. 1. Capable of being addressed (in various senses of the verb). ΚΠ 1828 Yankee 30 Apr. 139/2 We respect the authority under which we are addressable as esquire; and yet..we question the power even of our sovereign state to make any citizen a 'squire. 1843 T. Carlyle in Foreign Q. Rev. 31 583 The English Nation; which Francia, idiot-like, supposed to be somehow represented, and made accessible and addressable in the House of Commons. 1922 Federal Reporter 276 215 The reference..to the allegation..was properly addressable to alleged waste, as giving right to terminate a contract otherwise valid. 1985 D. K. Simes & P. A. Sirsky in H. R. Hartson Adv. in Human–Computer Interaction (1988) iii. 51 Of these factors, the one that is directly addressable as a psychological issue..is the ability to influence or impact the environment. 2003 BusinessWeek 13 Oct. 52/1 Nokia is doing the right thing in trying to expand its addressable markets. 2. Computing. Allowing the assignment of an address (address n. 6c) and therefore capable of being individually accessed. Of memory: in which all locations can be separately accessed. ΘΚΠ society > computing and information technology > hardware > [adjective] > enabling access addressable1953 society > computing and information technology > programming language > program or code > [adjective] > allowing address addressable1953 1953 Proc. IRE 41 1267/2 An important property of the 701 is that any full word of 36 bits..can be split into two half words of 18 bits,..each half word being separately addressable. 1967 Technol. Week 23 Jan. 11/2 (advt.) Memory uses 32-bit words, is addressable and alterable by 8-bit bytes, half words, words, and double words. 1973 Sci. Amer. July 6/2 (advt.) The HP-45 is the first pocket calculator with nine addressable memory registers besides its operational stack. 2001 Contact May 42/2 i-mode, like the internet, works by breaking down data into groups of uniquely addressable blocks known as ‘packets’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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