pleasing

adj 1: giving pleasure and satisfaction; "a pleasing piece of

news"; "pleasing in manner and appearance" [ant: {displeasing}]

2: aesthetically pleasing; "an artistic flower arrangement"

[syn: {aesthetic}, {esthetic}, {artistic}]

3: giving pleasure or satisfaction [syn: {appreciated}, {gratifying},

{satisfying}]

4: able to please or win approval

n : the act of indulging or gratifying a desire [syn: {indulgence},

{indulging}, {pampering}, {humoring}]

aliasing

1. When several different identifiers refer to the

same object. The term is very general and is used in many

contexts.

See {alias}, {aliasing bug}, {anti-aliasing}.

2. (Or "shadowing") Where a hardware device

responds at multiple addresses because it only decodes a

subset of the {address lines}, so different values on the

other lines are ignored.

(1998-03-13)