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carry-in en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈkæɹi ˌɪn/ (UK, US)
  • /ˈkæɹi.ən/ (UK, US)
  • audio Mmmm
  • /ˈkɛɹi.ən/ General American, Canada, Mary–marry–merry merger
  • /ˈkɛɹi ˌɪn/ General American, Canada, Mary–marry–merry merger

Meanings

  1. (attributive) A location or program to which participants bring something, such as appliances brought to a repair shop or food brought to a gathering.
    • a carry-in shop; a carry-in party
  2. (attributive, qualifier:Ohio; Indiana; Chicago; Ohio; Indiana; Chicago) A location or program to which participants bring something, such as appliances brought to a repair shop or food brought to a gathering. ▸ A potluck (shared meal of foods contributed by guests).
  3. A command that adds a carry (bit or digit that is carried in an addition operation) to an accumulator for the current digit in an addition operation.
    • A simpler scheme is to connect the carry-ins and carry-outs of the units in a ripple chain. This approach is most common in chip design because the wiring for the carry-lookahead tree is hard to design and area-consuming. 2004, Wayne Wolf, FPGA-Based System Design:

Forms

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carry-ins Number=Plur lexicographic