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dynamicRefers to operations performed "on the fly," which are based on decisions made while the program is running rather than beforehand. The expression, "buffers are dynamically created," means that space is created when actually needed, not reserved ahead of time. The expression, "data are compressed onto the disk dynamically" means that the compression algorithms are being applied when the data are being written rather than before. Contrast with static. See runtime and dynamic programming language. dynamic 1. of or concerned with energy or forces that produce motion, as opposed to static 2. of or concerned with dynamics 3. Music of, relating to, or indicating dynamics 4. Computing (of a memory) needing its contents refreshed periodically How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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All atmospheric models are composed of a dynamical core, which represents advection, the pressure gradient force, and gravitational acceleration; and of a set of parameterizations that represent all other physical processes in the model. Moreover, one of the hallmarks of dynamical systems and chaos theory is the concept of sensitivity to initial conditions. First, he confirms the value of systems theory (and two sub-fields: cybernetics and dynamical systems theory) as a theoretical hermeneutical framework. |
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