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Guarded — «Guarded» Сингл Disturbed из альбома Ten Thous … Википедия
guarded — UK US /ˈgɑːdɪd/ adjective ► careful not to give too much information or show how you really feel: »a guarded response »Conversation on the trading floor tends to be polite but guarded. ► protected from being known, found, harmed, or taken:… … Financial and business terms
Guarded logic — is a choice set of dynamic logic involved in choices, where outcomes are limited. A simple example of guarded logic is as follows: if X is true, then Y, else Z can be expressed in dynamic logic as (X?;Y)∪( X?;Z). This shows a guarded logical… … Wikipedia
Guarded — Guard ed, a. Cautious; wary; circumspect; as, he was guarded in his expressions; framed or uttered with caution; as, his expressions were guarded. {Guard edly}, adv. {Guard ed*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
guarded — [gär′did] adj. 1. kept safe; watched over and protected; defended 2. kept from escape or trouble; held in check; supervised 3. cautious; noncommittal [a guarded reply ] ☆ 4. serious and of uncertain prognosis [a patient in guarded condition]… … English World dictionary
guarded — guarded; un·guarded; … English syllables
guarded — I adjective alert, attentive, awake, aware, careful, cautious, cautus, chary, circumspect, circumspectus, conservative, defended, discreet, fenced, heedful, in custody, noncommittal, protected, prudent, reserved, reticent, safe, safeguarded,… … Law dictionary
guarded — c.1500, pp. adj. from GUARD (Cf. guard) (v.). Meaning reserved and cautious in speech, behavior, etc. is from 1728. Related: Guardedly; guardedness … Etymology dictionary
guarded — [adj] suspicious attentive, cagey, calculating, canny, careful, cautious, chary, circumspect, discreet, gingerly, leery, noncommittal, on the lookout*, overcautious, prudent, reserved, restrained, reticent, safe, vigilant, wary, watchful, with… … New thesaurus
guarded — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ cautious and having possible reservations. DERIVATIVES guardedly adverb … English terms dictionary
Guarded Command Language — The Guarded Command Language (GCL) is a language defined by Edsger Dijkstra for predicate transformer semantics cite web | last=Dijkstra | first=Edsger W | authorlink=E. W. Dijkstra | url=http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/ewd04xx/EWD472.PDF |… … Wikipedia
