antimessage

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noun

A message in a distributed system whose purpose is to cancel out another specific message sent previously.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

nounantimessage (plural antimessages)

plural antimessages

  1. computingA message in a distributed system whose purpose is to cancel out another specific message sent previously.

Origin

From anti- + message. Compare antimatter, which annihilates matter.

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APA

antimessage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antimessage

MLA

“antimessage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antimessage. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antimessage,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antimessage.

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