privatize
verbUS /ˈpɹaɪvətaɪz/
Etymology From private + -ize.
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences British, English, Oxford, US To render (a variable, etc.) private in scope.
- If the compiler allocates a privatized variable to a register, it must examine whether the variable is live after the termination of the while-loop.1997, David Sehr, Utpal Banerjee, David Gelernter, Languages and Compilers for Parallel Computing: 9th International Workshop, page 184:
- The neoliberal, privatizing version of health in which everyone is responsible for themselves, despite disparities in resources.2018, Nicole Seymour, Bad Environmentalism, page 129:
- Derived terms
- privatizable, privatization, privatizer, reprivatize, self-privatize, semiprivatized, unprivatize