misplay

n : (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out

when normal play would have sufficed [syn: {error}]

v 1: play incorrectly, e.g., play a wrong note

2: play wrong or in an unskillful manner

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)