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Padding vs Filler - What's the difference?

padding | filler |

In computing terms the difference between padding and filler

is that padding is extra characters such as spaces added to the end of a record to fill it out to a fixed length while filler is in COBOL, the description of an unnamed part of a record that contains no data relevant to a given context.

As nouns the difference between padding and filler

is that padding is soft filling material used in cushions etc while filler is one who fills.

As a verb padding

is present participle of lang=en.

padding

English

Verb

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    • Noun

    (wikipedia padding) (en noun)
  • Soft filling material used in cushions etc.
  • (computing) Extra characters such as spaces added to the end of a record to fill it out to a fixed length.
  • (military) Extraneous text added to a message for the purpose of concealing its beginning, ending, or lengthJoint Publication 1-02 U.S. Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms; 12 April 2001 (As Amended Through 14 April 2006). .

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    filler

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who fills.
  • * Mortimer
    • They have six diggers to four fillers , so as to keep the fillers always at work.
  • Something added to fill a space or add weight or size.
  • * 1977 , Stereo Review (volume 38, page 70)
    • I recommend this album in the face of the fact that five of the eleven songs are the purest filler , dull instrumentals with a harmonica rifling over an indifferent rhythm section. The rest is magnificent
  • Any semisolid substance used to fill gaps, cracks or pores.
  • A relatively inert ingredient added to modify physical characteristics.
  • A short article in a newspaper or magazine.
  • A short piece of music or an announcement between radio or TV programmes.
  • Any spoken sound or word used to fill gaps in speech; filled pause.
  • * Dryden
    • 'Tis mere filler , to stop a vacancy in the hexameter.
  • Cut tobacco used to make up the body of a cigar.
  • (computing) In COBOL, the description of an unnamed part of a record that contains no data relevant to a given context.
  • (horticulture) A plant that lacks a distinctive shape and can fill inconvenient spaces around other plants in pots or gardens.

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