Terminate and stay resident


(TSR) A type of DOS utility which, once loaded, stays in memory and can be reactivated by pressing a certain combination of keys.

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  • Terminating

    verb (used with object), terminated, terminating. 1. to bring to an end; put an end to: to terminate a contract. 2. to occur at or form the conclusion of: The countess’s soliloquy terminates the play. 3. to bound or limit spatially; form or be situated at the extremity of. 4. to dismiss from a job; […]

  • Terminating-decimal

    noun, Mathematics. 1. a decimal numeral in which, after a finite number of decimal places, all succeeding place values are 0, as ⅛ = 0.125 (contrasted with nonterminating decimal).

  • Terminatio

    terminatio ter·mi·na·ti·o (tûr’mə-nā’shē-ō) n. pl. ter·mi·na·ti·o·nes (-nā’shē-ō’nēz) A termination or ending, especially a nerve ending.

  • Termination

    noun 1. the act of terminating. 2. the fact of being terminated. 3. the place or part where anything terminates; bound or limit. 4. an end or extremity; close or conclusion. 5. an issue or result. 6. Grammar. a suffix or ending. 7. an ending of employment with a specific employer. noun 1. the act […]

  • Termination analysis

    A program analysis which attempts to determine whether evaluation of a given expression will definitely terminate. Evaluation of a constant is bound to terminate, as is evaluation of a non-recursive function applied to arguments which are either not evaluated or which can themselves be proved to terminate. A recursive function can be shown to terminate […]


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