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trampoline |
3 definitions found From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: trampoline n : strong canvas attached with springs to a metal frame and used for tumbling From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: trampoline n. An incredibly {hairy} technique, found in some {HLL} and program-overlay implementations (e.g., on the Macintosh), that involves on-the-fly generation of small executable (and, likely as not self-modifying) code objects to do indirection between code sections. Under BSD and possibly in other Unixes, trampoline code is used to transfer control from the kernel back to user mode when a signal (which has had a handler installed) is sent to a process. These pieces of {live data} are called `trampolines'. Trampolines are notoriously difficult to understand in action in fact it is said by those who use this term that the trampoline that doesn't bend your brain is not the true trampoline. See also {snap}. From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: trampoline An incredibly {hairy} technique, found in some {HLL} and program-overlay implementations (e.g. on the Macintosh), that involves on-the-fly generation of small executable (and, likely as not self-modifying) code objects to do indirection between code sections. These pieces of {live data} are called "trampolines". Trampolines are notoriously difficult to understand in action in fact it is said by those who use this term that the trampoline that doesn't bend your brain is not the true trampoline. See also {snap}. [{Jargon File}]
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