stun

v 1: make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow; "stun fish"

[syn: {stupefy}, {stupify}]

2: surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off [syn: {shock}, {floor},

{ball over}, {blow out of the water}, {take aback}]

3: hit something or somebody as if with a sandbag [syn: {sandbag}]

4: overcome esp. with astonishment or disbelief; "The news

stunned her" [syn: {bedaze}, {daze}]

stub

1. A dummy procedure used when linking a program

with a {run-time library}. The stub routine need not contain

any code and is only present to prevent "undefined label"

errors at link time.

2. A local procedure in a {remote

procedure call}. The {client} calls the stub to perform some

task and need not necessarily be aware that RPC is involved.

The stub transmits parameters over the network to the {server}

and returns the results to the caller.

(1995-11-09)