displace

v 1: take the place of

2: force to move; "the refugees were displaced by the war"

[syn: {force out}]

3: move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and

foreign environment; "The war uprooted many people" [syn:

{uproot}, {deracinate}]

4: cause to move; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"

[syn: {move}]

5: remove or force from a position of dwelling previously

occupied; "The new employee dislodged her by moving into

her office space" [syn: {dislodge}, {bump}]

6: put out of its usual place, position, or relationship; "The

colonists displaced the natives" [syn: {dislocate}]

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)