scatter/gather

adjective

Being or relating to a form of I/O by which a single procedure call sequentially writes data from multiple buffers to a single data stream, or reads data from a stream into multiple buffers.

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Meanings

adjectivescatter/gather (not comparable)
  1. not comparablecomputingBeing or relating to a form of I/O by which a single procedure call sequentially writes data from multiple buffers to a single data stream, or reads data from a stream into multiple buffers.
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scatter/gather. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scatter%2Fgather

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Chicago

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