Loose bytes
Commonwealth hackish term for the padding bytes or shims many compilers insert between members of a record or structure to cope with alignment requirements imposed by the machine architecture.
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- Loose-cannon
noun 1. a person whose reckless behavior endangers the efforts or welfare of others. noun 1. a person or thing that appears to be beyond control and is potentially a source of unintentional damage noun phrase A person who is quite likely to cause damage; a wildly irresponsible person: Haig is a loose cannon on […]
- Loose change
noun 1. money in the form of coins suitable for small expenditures noun phrase Money at hand and to spare; available money: I wanted to help, but didn’t have any loose change (1827+)
- Loose cover
noun 1. a fitted but easily removable cloth cover for a chair, sofa, etc US and Canadian name slipcover
- Loosed
[loos] /lus/ adjective, looser, loosest. 1. free or released from fastening or attachment: a loose end. 2. free from anything that binds or restrains; unfettered: loose cats prowling around in alleyways at night. 3. uncombined, as a chemical element. 4. not bound together: to wear one’s hair loose. 5. not put up in a package […]
- Loose-fitting
[loos-fit-ing] /ˈlusˈfɪt ɪŋ/ adjective 1. (of a garment) fitting loosely; not following the contours of the body closely.