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WALK OFF THE END OF

Specialty Definition: WALK OFF THE END OF

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Computing

Walk off the end of vt. To run past the end of an array, list, or medium after stepping through it -- a good way to land in trouble. Often the result of an off-by-one error. Compare clobber, roach, smash the stack. Source: Jargon File.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: WALK OFF THE END OF


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

57 41 4C 4B      4F 46 46      54 48 45      45 4E 44      4F 46

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

                

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010111 01000001 01001100 01001011 00100000 01001111 01000110 01000110 00100000 01010100 01001000 01000101 00100000 01000101 01001110 01000100 00100000 01001111 01000110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#87 &#65 &#76 &#75 &#32 &#79 &#70 &#70 &#32 &#84 &#72 &#69 &#32 &#69 &#78 &#68 &#32 &#79 &#70

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0057 0041 004C 004B      004F 0046 0046      0054 0048 0045      0045 004E 0044      004F 0046

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5735464524940402544239239483824940

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