a mapping of machine data from one system-specific form to another, usually for compatibility reasons, such as from 16-bit addresses to 32-bit to allow a 16-bit program to run on a 32-bit operating system
Representing the sound of the impact of a heavy object striking another and coming to an immediate standstill, with neither object being broken by the impact
A small piece of machine code which bridges the boundary between one calling convention and another Used to permit libraries written in languages other than Smalltalk to call into Dolphin
Code that performs a translation or conversion during a call or indirection For example, a thunk may be used to change the size or type of function parameters when passing data between 16-bit and 32-bit code