Definitions

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  • noun US, prison slang, pejorative An inexperienced, foolhardy young man
  • verb computing (transitive) To compile (program code for a virtual machine) immediately when needed, as part of the execution process.

Etymologies

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Shorting of jitterbug.

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Initialism of just in time.

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Examples

  • To do that, users should enter "about: config" in Firefox's address bar, type "jit" in the filter box, then double-click the "javascript. options.jit.content" entry to set the value to "false."

    Infoworld News 2009

  • Just how menny kwarterz can an id jit shuv up himz noze u askingz?

    Everytime he feels sad, Seal visits - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010

  • It begat first a style of competitive dancing, called juking, then a Detroit-based variant called ghettotech, which sounds almost identical but has its own style of dance called jit, then a variant called either footwork or ?

    Various Artists: Bangs and Works Vol 1: A Chicago Footwork Compilation - review Alexis Petridis 2010

  • Go to about:config, type jit It should list two items in 3.5.

    Firefox 3.5.1 Security Update Coming Later This Week | Lifehacker Australia 2009

  • Labels: "readings", bernice chauly, datuk shanmugalingam, feroz merican, hishamuddin rais, jit murad, seksan's posted by bibliobibuli at 1: 46 PM

    A New Home for Words Sharon Bakar 2005

  • Labels: "readings", jit murad, seksan's posted by bibliobibuli at 10: 00 AM

    Director's Workshop Sharon Bakar 2005

  • Python was originally the language of choice for OLPC Open Laptop Per Child but with the announcement of the open sourcing of Java, Blizzard said that the OLPC may move to Java as it is close to native speeds thanks to Java's jit Just in Time compiler and Python's interpreter being rather slow.

    Archive 2007-01-01 glyn moody 2007

  • Labels: bookguilt, bookshops, jit murad, the pleasures and perils of reading posted by bibliobibuli at 6: 28 PM

    Bookguilt Sharon Bakar 2005

  • Thankfully I haven't seen many scorpions, btw, but I do have these huge supposedly harmless spiders called "fasi jit" which means scorpion's horse.

    Archive 2007-07-01 Adam Horowitz 2007

  • Thankfully I haven't seen many scorpions, btw, but I do have these huge supposedly harmless spiders called "fasi jit" which means scorpion's horse.

    In case you're interested... Adam Horowitz 2007

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