English Explanatory Dictionary

pushdown

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Describing a stack in which items are removed in a LIFO manner from the end at which they were added.
noun
  1. A pushdown automaton.
  2. The relegation of the transformation or processing of data to the originating datasource.
noun
  1. An exercise that requires one to push weight downward.
adj
  1. Used by being pushed down.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

pushdown pushdowns

Etymology

From push + down; by analogy with a spring-loaded stack of plates in a cafeteria.

Related words

pushdown accounting
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