[bilt-in] Pronunciation Key | 1. | built so as to be an integral and permanent part of a larger construction: The wall has a built-in bookcase. |
| 2. | existing as a natural or characteristic part of something; inherent: a built-in contempt for daydreaming. |
| 3. | a built-in piece of furniture or appliance. |
| 4. | an additional feature or capability, as of a machine or a service: a car with power steering, power brakes, and other built-ins. |
] Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.
| built-in (bĭlt'ĭn')
adj.
built'-in' n. |
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
| built-in | |
adjective | |
| existing as an essential constituent or characteristic; "the Ptolemaic system with its built-in concept of periodicity"; "a constitutional inability to tell the truth" |
built-in
(Or "primitive") A built-in function or operator is one provided by the lowest level of a language implementation. This usually means it is not possible (or efficient) to express it in the language itself. Typical examples are the basic arithmetic and Boolean operators (in C syntax: +, -, *, /, %, !, &&, ||), bit manipulation operators (~, &, |, ^) and I/O primitives. Other common functions may be provided in libraries but are not built-in if they are written in the language being implemented.
(1995-02-14)
Bird In Hand, PA Zip code(s): 17505
Cave In Rock, IL Zip code(s): 62919
Put In Bay, OH Zip code(s): 43456
Howey In The Hil, FL Zip code(s): 34737
Lake In The Hill, IL Zip code(s): 60102
Cave-In-Rock, IL (village, FIPS 11826) Location: 37.47016 N, 88.16554 W
Population (1990): 381 (207 housing units)
Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Put-in-Bay, OH (village, FIPS 65032) Location: 41.65307 N, 82.81510 W
Population (1990): 141 (171 housing units)
Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water)
Lake in the Hills, IL (village, FIPS 41183) Location: 42.19282 N, 88.32164 W
Population (1990): 5866 (1938 housing units)
Area: 13.1 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)
Howey-in-the-Hills, FL (town, FIPS 32775) Location: 28.71595 N, 81.77477 W
Population (1990): 724 (351 housing units)
Area: 4.3 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
Copyright © 2008, Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.