stack machine

noun

A real or emulated computer that uses a pushdown stack rather than individual machine registers to evaluate each subexpression in a program.

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Meanings

nounstack machine (plural stack machines)

plural stack machines

  1. computingA real or emulated computer that uses a pushdown stack rather than individual machine registers to evaluate each subexpression in a program.
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