masked assignment
[/mɑːskt əˈsaɪnmənt/]
nounpl: masked assignments
atribuição mascarada
1. A programming technique where variable assignment is hidden or obscured through the use of bitwise operations, particularly using bitwise AND (&) with a mask to selectively preserve or clear specific bits
The masked assignment used a bitmask to filter out unwanted bits from the input value.
A atribuição mascarada usou uma máscara de bits para filtrar bits indesejados do valor de entrada.
2. An assignment operation where certain bits or data portions are conditionally applied based on a mask pattern
In low-level programming, masked assignments are crucial for hardware register manipulation.
Na programação de baixo nível, as atribuições mascaradas são cruciais para a manipulação de registradores de hardware.
This is a specialized technical term used primarily in computer science, embedded systems programming, and electrical engineering contexts. It is equally understood in both Brazilian Portuguese and European Portuguese technical communities, though English remains the dominant language in global programming documentation.
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