submachine
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
submachine (plural submachines)
- A machine forming part of a larger machine.
- (computer science) A part of a real or virtual machine which acts as a machine in its own right.
- 1999, Martin Beran, “Decomposable Bulk Synchronous Parallel Computers”, in SOFSEM '99: Theory and Practice of Informatics[1], →ISBN, page 351:
- In the same computation, the computer may be decomposed repeatedly and the partitioning may vary from one split to the other. The submachines can further recursively decompose […]
- (computer science) A part of a real or virtual machine which acts as a machine in its own right.
Etymology 2 edit
Shortened from submachine gun.
Adjective edit
submachine (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to a submachine gun.