mislay

v : place (something) where one cannot find it again; "I

misplaced my eyeglasses" [syn: {misplace}, {lose}]

display

1. {monitor}.

2. A vector of pointers to {activation record}s.

The Nth element points to the activation record containing

variables declared at {lexical depth} N. This allows faster

access to variables from outer {scope}s than the alternative

of linked activation records (but most variable accesses are

either local or global or occasionally to the immediately

enclosing scope). Displays were used in some {ALGOL}

implementations.

(1996-02-22)