splay

adj : turned outward in an ungainly manner; "splay knees"

n : an outward bevel around a door or window that makes it seem

larger

v 1: spread open or apart; "He splayed his huge hands over the

table"

2: turn outward; "These birds can splay out their toes" [syn: {turn

out}, {spread out}]

3: move out of position; "dislocate joints" [syn: {dislocate},

{slip}]

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)