Waitable vs Wantable - What's the difference?
waitable | wantable |
(computing) Implementing a wait/notify functionality.
* 1997 , Daniel Appleman, Dan Appleman's Visual Basic 5.0 programmer's guide to the Win32 API , Ziff-Davis Press, ISBN 9781562764463, page 1160:
* 2005 , Alex Martelli et al., Python Cookbook, Second Edition , O'Reilly Media, Inc., ISBN 9780596007973,
(of a period of time) Worth waiting, reasonable to wait.
* 2000 September 17, "PHill" (username), "
Available or accessible within a period of time that is reasonable to wait.
* 1998 July 6, "CapnHook" (username), "
As adjectives the difference between waitable and wantable
is that waitable is (computing) implementing a wait/notify functionality while wantable is capable of being wanted; that might conceivably be wanted.waitable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- This function cancels a waitable timer operation. The timer remains in its current state and will not restart until explicitly started
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- In a [certain] Win32 application, you need to process messages, but you also want to wait for kernel-level waitable objects, and coordinate several activities.
Re: Abit KG7 worth the wait?", in alt.comp.hardware.overclocking.amd, Usenet :
- ---2 months can change a lot--- bringing up '2 years' is ridiculous. 2 months is waitable .
HELP!!!!!!!!!!", in alt.disney.disneyland, Usenet :
