dismay

n 1: the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles [syn: {discouragement},

{disheartenment}]

2: fear resulting from the awareness of danger [syn: {alarm}, {consternation}]

v 1: lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; "These news

depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health

demoralizes her" [syn: {depress}, {deject}, {cast down},

{get down}, {dispirit}, {demoralize}] [ant: {elate}]

2: fill with apprehension or alarm [syn: {alarm}, {appal}, {appall},

{horrify}]

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)