fetch
1. Engineering the reach, stretch, etc., of a mechanism
2. Geography the distance in the direction of the prevailing wind that air or water can travel continuously without obstruction
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fetch
[fech] (computer science)
To locate and load into main memory a requested load module, relocating it as necessary and leaving it in a ready-to-execute condition.
(oceanography)
The distance traversed by waves without obstruction.
An area of the sea surface over which seas are generated by a wind having a constant speed and direction.
The length of the fetch area, measured in the direction of the wind in which the seas are generated. Also known as generating area.
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fetch
a Doppelganger. [Irish Folklore: Leach, 376]
Allusions—Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
Fetch
A
Macintosh program by Jim Matthews <Fetch@Dartmouth.edu>
for transferring files using
File Transfer Protocol (FTP).
Fetch requires a Mac 512KE, System 4.1, and either KSP 1.03
or
MacTCP.
Latest version: 2.1.2.
Fetch is Copyright 1992, Trustees of Dartmouth College.
ftp://ftp.Dartmouth.edu/pub/mac/Fetch_2.1.2.sit.hqx.
ftp://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/computing/systems/mac/info-mac/comm/tcp.
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fetch
To locate the next instruction in memory (RAM) for execution by the CPU. See instruction cycle.Copyright © 1981-2025 by The Computer Language Company Inc. All Rights reserved. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction is strictly prohibited without permission from the publisher.