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trampoline

/tɹæmpəˈliːn/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A gymnastic and recreational device consisting of a piece of taut, strong fabric stretched over a steel frame using many coiled springs as anchors.
  2. Any of a variety of looping or jumping instructions in specific programming languages
  3. To jump as if on a trampoline.
  4. To rewrite (computer code) to use the looping or jumping instructions called trampolines.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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