Trampoline

4 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  trampoline
       n : gymnastic apparatus consisting of a strong canvas sheet
           attached with springs to a metal frame; used for tumbling

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:



  32 Moby Thesaurus words for "trampoline":
     Indian club, Lastex, baleen, barbell, battledore, chewing gum,
     dumbbell, elastic, elastomer, exerciser, gum, gum elastic,
     handball, horse, jumping jack, long horse, parallel bars,
     punching bag, racket, rings, rowing machine, rubber, rubber ball,
     rubber band, side horse, spandex, spring, springboard,
     stretch fabric, trapeze, weight, whalebone
  
  

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [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 (27 SEP 03) [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}]
       
          (2003-03-26)