DEADBEEF
\dˈɛdbiːf], \dˈɛdbiːf], \d_ˈɛ_d_b_iː_f]\
Sort: Oldest first
-
/ded-beef/ The hexadecimal patternused to fill words of freshly allocated memory under a numberof IBM environments including the RS/6000; equal todecimal 3,735,928,559 (unsigned) or -559,038,737 (32-bitsigned). As in "Your program is DEADBEEF" (meaning gone,aborted, flushed from memory).
By Denis Howe
Word of the day
Dopamine Acetyltransferase
- An enzyme that catalyzes the of groups from acetyl-CoA to arylamines. They have wide specificity for aromatic amines, particularly serotonin, and can also catalyze acetyl transfer between arylamines without CoA. EC 2.3.1.5.