extent of

Definition of extent of in English English dictionary
extent: A range of values or locations
extent: The space, area, volume, etc., to which something extends
The extent of his knowledge of the language is a few scattered words.
extent: A contiguous area of storage in a file system
extent: {n} a compass, length, degree, execution
extent: You use expressions such as to the extent of, to the extent that, or to such an extent that in order to emphasize that a situation has reached a difficult, dangerous, or surprising stage. He said he didn't like the president, but not to the extent of wanting to kill him
extent: the limit to which something extends, as in: The extent of the Universe seems to grow as our ability to make better telescopes grows
extent: Extended
extent: Basic unit in which space is allocated to tables and indexes An extent is a contiguous group of eight pages, or 64 KB
extent: An individual database extension
extent: A rectangle that describes the outermost edges of a widget
extent: A contiguous section of disk storage space (6) The set of all instances of a class within the database (15)
extent: An extent is a contiguous space allocated to a segment in a tablespace The size of an extent is controlled by storage parameters used when you CREATE or ALTER the segment, including INITIAL, NEXT and PCT_INCREASE
extent: the distance or area or volume over which something extends; "the vast extent of the desert"; "an orchard of considerable extent" the point or degree to which something extends; "the extent of the damage"; "the full extent of the law"; "to a certain extent she was right
extent: 16K consecutive bytes in a file Extents are numbered from 0 to 31 One extent can contain 1, 2, 4, 8, or 16 blocks EX is the extent number field of an FCB and is a one-byte field at FCB + 12, where FCB labels the first byte in the FCB Depending on the block size (BLS) and the maximum data block number (DSM), an FCB can contain 1, 2, 4, 8, or 16 extents The EX field is normally set to 0 by the user but contains the current extent number during file I/O The term FCB folding describes FCBs containing more than one extent In CP/M version 1 4, each FCB contained only one extent Users attempting to perform random record I/O and maintain CP/M 1 4 compatiblity should be aware of the implications of this difference See CP/M 1 4 compatibility
extent: A peculiar species of execution upon debts due to the crown, under which the lands and goods of the debtor may be seized to secure payment
extent: A sequential set of sectors in which a file or portion of a file is recorded
extent: A group of eight continuous pages Since each page in SQL Server holds 8K, an extend is 64K in size There are mixed and uniform extents found in SQL Server versions 7 0 and 2000 A mixed extent contains pages from two or more objects Uniform extents have all of their 8 pages allocated to the same object
extent: the distance or area or volume over which something extends; "the vast extent of the desert"; "an orchard of considerable extent"
extent: The lifetime or extent of an object is the time for which the object is live
extent: The space, area, volume etc. to which something extends
extent: A control or window's position and size
extent: (n ) See bounding box
extent: Space or degree to which a thing is extended; hence, superficies; compass; bulk; size; length; as, an extent of country or of line; extent of information or of charity
extent: minX: 1,378,560 625 minY: 299,168 688
extent: A process of execution by which the lands and goods of a debtor are valued and delivered to the creditor
extent: {i} scope, range; size, measure
extent: n the interval of time during which a reference to an object, a binding, an exit point, a tag, a handler, a restart, or an environment is defined @IGindex{external file format}
extent: the point or degree to which something extends; "the extent of the damage"; "the full extent of the law"; "to a certain extent she was right
extent: Range of values or locations
extent: The extent of something is its length, area, or size. Their commitment was only to maintain the extent of forests, not their biodiversity
extent: 1 the image area to be displayed in a Viewer 2 the area of the earth's surface to be mapped
extent: (n ) the size of one dimension of an array
extent: Degree; measure; proportion
extent: Set of logical blocks having addressing numbers that form a continuous ascending sequence
extent: The size of (number of elements in) one dimension of an array
extent: If you are talking about how great, important, or serious a difficulty or situation is, you can refer to the extent of it. The government itself has little information on the extent of industrial pollution The full extent of the losses was disclosed yesterday
extent: Defines a rectangular portion of the graphics to be displayed
extent: the point or degree to which something extends; "the extent of the damage"; "the full extent of the law"; "to a certain extent she was right"
extent: A rectangle bounding a map, the size of which is determined by the minimum and maximum map coordinates
extent: A set of contiguous blocks that belong to a single segment
extent: A structure that defines a starting block and number of blocks for an element of file data
extent: The set of all instances of a class within the database (12)
extent: (Concepts) [definition #2] (Spatial User's Guide and Reference)
extent: The width or limits of the application of something
extent: n the interval of time during which a reference to an object, a binding, an exit point, a tag, a handler, a restart, or an environment is defined

extent of

Hyphenation

ex·tent of

Turkish pronunciation

îkstent ıv

Pronunciation

/əkˈstent əv/ /ɪkˈstɛnt əv/

Etymology

[ ik-'stent ] (noun.) 14th century. Middle English, from Anglo-French & Middle French; Anglo-French extente land valuation, from Middle French, area, surveying of land, from extendre, estendre to extend.