fetch: see wave wave, in oceanography , an oscillating movement up and down, of a body of water caused by the frictional drag of the wind, or on a larger scale, by submarine earthquakes, volcanoes, and landslides.
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To locate the next instruction in memory for execution by the CPU. See instruction cycle.

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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

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.

fetch

a Doppelganger. [Irish Folklore: Leach, 376]

See : Doubles

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