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Definition: Accumulator |
AccumulatorNoun1. A person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes). 2. A voltaic battery that stores electric charge. 3. (computer science) a register that has a built-in adder that adds an input number to the contents of the accumulator. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Accumulator \Ac*cu"mu*la`tor\, noun. [Latin expression]. (references) |
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Computing | Accumulator n. obs. 1. Archaic term for a register. On-line use of it as a synonym for `register' is a fairly reliable indication that the user has been around for quite a while and/or that the architecture under discussion is quite old. The term in full is almost never used of microprocessor registers, for example, though symbolic names for arithmetic registers beginning in `A' derive from historical use of the term `accumulator' (and not, actually, from `arithmetic'). Confusingly, though, an `A' register name prefix may also stand for `address', as for example on the Motorola 680x0 family. 2. A register being used for arithmetic or logic (as opposed to addressing or a loop index), especially one being used to accumulate a sum or count of many items. This use is in context of a particular routine or stretch of code. "The FOOBAZ routine uses A3 as an accumulator." 3. One's in-basket (esp. among old-timers who might use sense 1). "You want this reviewed? Sure, just put it in the accumulator." (See stack.). Source: Jargon File. |
Aerospace | 1. A device or apparatus that accumulates or stores up, as: (a) a contrivance in a hydraulic system that stores fluid under pressure; (b) a device sometimes incorporated in the fuel system of a gas-turbine engine to store up and release fuel under pressure as an aid in starting; (c) an electrical storage battery (British usage).2. In computer technology, a device which stores a number and upon receipt of another number adds it to the number already stored and stores the sum. See counter. (references) |
Electrical Engineering | A vessel to collect a gas or liquid, usually for temporary storage, and used as standby equipment in the event of a demand exceeding the capacity of the feeding system. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A computing device which records the cumulative total of signals input. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| A register, generally one or more integrated circuits, acting as both augend register and sum register in a serial-added system, the sum accumulating as the addition proceeds. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Two or more cells electrically connected for producing electric energy. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Energy | A component of a heat pump that stores liquid and keeps it from flooding the compressor. The accumulator takes the strain off the compressor and improves the reliability of the system. (references) |
Mechanical Engineering | A vessel located on the low side of a refrigeration system to provide a body of liquid which can be circulated to a flooded system, or used to reduce pulsations. Source: European Union. (references) |
Metallurgy | A device for maintaining constant tension in a moving wire or for accomodating the build-up of wire in a continuous line when a pay-off or a take-up is stopped for reel or spool changing. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. A cylinder containing water or oil under pressure of a weighted piston for hydraulic presses, hoists, winches, etc. It is between the pumps and the presses, keeps a constant pressure on the system, and absorbs shocks. b. A storage battery. c. In oceanography, a spring of rubber or steel attached to a trawlingwarp, to lessen any sudden strain due to the trawl catching. (references) |
Public Administration | A device that stores hydraulic, pneumatic or electrical energy for subsequent use. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The canonical example is summing a list of numbers. The accumulator is set to zero initially, each number in turn is added to the value in the accumulator and only when all numbers have been added is the result written to main memory.
Modern CPUs usually have many registers, all or many of which can be used as accumulators. For this reason, the term "accumulator" is somewhat archaic. Use of it as a synonym for "register" is a fairly reliable indication that the user has been around for quite a while and/or that the architecture under discussion is quite old. The term in full is almost never used of microprocessor registers, for example, though symbolic names for arithmetic registers beginning in "A" derive from historical use of the term "accumulator" (and not from "arithmetic" as is sometimes believed). Confusingly, though, an "A" register name prefix may also stand for "address", as for example on the Motorola 68000 family. A register, memory location or variable being used for arithmetic or logic (as opposed to addressing or a loop index), especially one being used to accumulate a sum or count of many items. This use is in context of a particular routine or stretch of code. "The FOOBAZ routine uses A3 as an accumulator." This article (or an earlier version of it) contains material from FOLDOC, used with permission.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Accumulator."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| AC | English | Accumulator | Computing |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: AccumulatorSynonyms: accumulator register (n), collector (n), gatherer (n), storage battery (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Accumulator |
| English words defined with "accumulator": accumulator register ♦ From battery ♦ Hydraulic accumulator ♦ Out of battery. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "accumulator": 6502 ♦ Dowty hydraulic tub retarder ♦ electromotive power ♦ Faraday efficiency ♦ hand lamp, hand lantern, HYDRAULIC REPAIRER ♦ instruction code, Intersil 6100 ♦ Oldham-Wheat lamp ♦ PALLETIZER OPERATOR I, pocket lamp ♦ RCA 1802 ♦ sulfatation, sulfating, sulphatation, sulphating ♦ Zero and Add Packed. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Accumulator" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Dutch (accumulator, battery, storage battery), French (accumulator, battery, storage battery). |
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 | Figure 12. Hydra sounder, made by Mr. Gibbs and colleagues on the HMS HYDRA during the 1868 Indian Ocean expedition commanded by Captain Peter F. Shortland. Some of the first deep soundings in the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans were made with this instrument rigged for use with a Hodge accumulator. Among the important soundings was one of over 3400 meters at 31.05 S Lat and 12.25E Long. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Accumulator with dredging block hooked; safety hook; brass washer. In: "Report on the Construction and Work in 1880 of United States Fish Commission Steamer FISH-HAWK", by Lieutenant Zera Luther Tanner, U. S. N. United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Part IX. Report of the Commissioner for 1881. Plate VIII p. 53. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | Figure 48. The stern derrick of the "Porcupine," showing the accumulator, the dredge, and the mode of stowing the rope. Library Call Number GC75 .T48 2nd ed. 1874. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Figure 21. Model of Hodge's shock absorber or accumulator. This device was invented in 1852 by Richard Edward Hodges. It was used to aid in launching and retrieving heavy objects suspended from cables or ropes, particularly when a vessel is subject to motion if the seas are high. It was first used in oceanographic work off H. M. S. HYDRA in 1867. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
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| "Accumulator" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Accumulator" is used about 219 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 219 | 20,419 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "accumulator": accumulator battery ♦ accumulator box ♦ accumulator capacity ♦ accumulator carrier ♦ accumulator charging ♦ accumulator discharging ♦ accumulator grid ♦ accumulator register ♦ adder accumulator ♦ heat accumulator ♦ hydraulic accumulator ♦ insulator accumulator ♦ lead accumulator ♦ nickel alkaline accumulator ♦ trolley accumulator. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "accumulator": accumulator-and-store, accumulator-to-accumulator. | |
Ending with "accumulator": accumulator-to-accumulator, adder-accumulator. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "accumulator"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | battery (battery, storage battery). (various references) | |
Albanian | akumulator. (various references) | |
Arabic | المركم بطارية مختزنة. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | събирач (collector, fly, picker), скъперник (churl, curmudgeon, hunks, miser, muckworm, save-all, scrape-penny, screw), сметачна машина (adder, calculating machine, calculator), колекционер (collector), колектор (collector, manifold, picker), акумулаторна батерия (secondary battery, storage battery), акумулатор, автоматична каса. (various references) | |
Chinese | 累 器 (ACC). (various references) | |
Czech | střádaè, hrabivec (money grubber). (various references) | |
Danish | akkumulator (battery, storage battery). (various references) | |
Dutch | accumulator (battery, storage battery), accu (battery, storage battery). (various references) | |
Esperanto | akumulilo (battery, storage battery), akumulatoro (battery, storage battery). (various references) | |
Farsi | انباشتگر. (various references) | |
Finnish | akku (accumulation register, accumulator battery, battery, primary battery, rechargeable battery, secondary battery, secondary cell, secondary storage battery, storage cell). (various references) | |
French | accumulateur (accumulation register, accumulator register), accumulator, accu. (various references) | |
German | Akkumulator (battery, storage battery), Sammler (collector, collectors, gatherer, picker), Akku (battery, storage battery). (various references) | |
Greek | Καταχωρητής-συσσωρευτής (accumulation register), συσσωρευτήσ (amasser), συσσωρευτής (accumulation register, accumulator register, battery, packer, primary cell, primary cell battery, secondary battery, secondary cell, storage battery, storage cell, store), συστοιχία συσσωρευτών (primary battery, secondary battery), συλλέκτης (collector), εφεδρικό δοχείο αποθήκευσης, τύμπανο υπερροής (surge drum), δευτερογενές στοιχείο (secondary cell, storage cell). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מצבר (battery). (various references) | |
Hungarian | akkumulátor (battery, storage battery, storage cell). (various references) | |
Icelandic | rafgeymir (battery, storage battery). (various references) | |
Indonesian | aki (storage battery). (various references) | |
Italian | accumulatore (battery, storage, storage battery). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | アカデミー賞 (a capella, academic, academician, academicism, academism, Academy Award, Achilles, agape, Christian feast in token of fellowship, Christian fellowship). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | アキュー レータ , アキュ レーター , アキュ レータ . (various references) | |
Korean | 누산기 (ACC). (various references) | |
Manx | chymseyder (gatherer), chagleyder (collector, gatherer). (various references) | |
Norwegian | akkumulator (battery, storage battery). (various references) | |
Papiamen | kolekshonista, bateria (battery, storage battery). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | accumulatoray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | acumulador (accumulating, battery, storage battery). (various references) | |
Romanian | acumulator (battery, storage battery), achizitor (acquirer, buyer, collector, purchaser), acaparator (absorbing, acquisitive, buyer-up, covetous, engrossing, food hoarder, forestalling, grabber, grasping, greedy, money making, money-grabbing, monopolizer, predatory), zgârcit (avaricious, cheese paring, churlish, clenched, close, close-fisted, close-handed, costive, covetous, curmudgeon, grasping, hunks, illiberal, iron-fisted, mean, miser, miserly, money grubber, muckworm, parsimonious, penny father, penny-wise, penurious, screw, skimpy, skin, skinflint, sparing, stingy, tight), sumator (adder, adding machine), colector (collecting, collector, gatherer, manifold). (various references) | |
Russian | аккумулятор (battery, storage battery). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | akumulator (battery), skupljač (collector, compiler, gatherer, gleaner). (various references) | |
Spanish | acumulador (battery, collector, secondary cell, storage battery). (various references) | |
Swedish | ackumulator (loading chamber, primary battery, secondary battery, secondary cell, storage cell, store, transfer chamber, transfer pot, transfer well), batteri (battery, storage battery). (various references) | |
Turkish | akümülatör (battery, storage battery). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | користолюбець (money grubber, moneymaker), здирник (caterpillar, exactor), акумулятор (battery). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | người tích luỹ người thích l m gi u. (various references) | |
Welsh | cronadur. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "accumulator": accumulators. (additional references) | |
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"Accumulator" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: accululator, accumalator, accumula, acumulator. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "accumulator" (pronounced ukyuw"myulā'ter) |
| 7 | -m y u l ā' t er | simulator, stimulator. |
| 6 | -y u l ā' t er | calculator, manipulator, regulator, speculator. |
| 5 | -u l ā' t er | defibrillator, escalator, insulator, modulator, oscillator, percolator, ventilator, violator. |
| 4 | -l ā' t er | legislator. |
| 3 | -ā' t er | educator, elevator, accelerator, activator, actuator, administrator, agitator, alligator, allocator, alternator, animator, applicator, appropriator, arbitrator, aviator, carburetor, cogenerator, collaborator, commentator, communicator, conciliator, consolidator, coordinator, decorator, demonstrator, denominator, detonator, evaporator, excavator, exterminator, fabricator, facilitator, generator, gladiator, illuminator, illustrator, imitator, incinerator, incubator, indicator, infiltrator, innovator, instigator, integrator, interrogator, investigator, irrigator, liquidator, litigator, locator, mediator, Moderator, navigator, negotiator, operator, originator, perpetrator, radiator, refrigerator, renovator, respirator, syndicator, Terminator. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-l-m-o-r-t-u-u" | |
-3 letters: comatula. | |
-4 letters: accrual, caracol, caracul, clamour, curacao, curacoa, curcuma, macular, marcato, mutular, tumoral, tumular, turacou. | |
-5 letters: actual, alarum, amatol, amoral, amtrac, aortal, calcar, catalo, clamor, cloaca, curtal, lactam, macaco, macula, mortal, morula, mucluc, mutual, occult, ocular, talcum, tarmac, torula, trauma, tumour, turaco, umlaut. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-c-l-m-o-r-t-u-u" | |
+1 letter: accumulators. | |
+4 letters: macrostructural. | |
+5 letters: circumambulation, microvasculature. | |
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