"tailable" meaning in English

See tailable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: tail + -able Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|tail|able}} tail + -able Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} tailable (not comparable)
  1. (databases) Of a cursor: not closed when the end of the resultset is reached, but able to be used as further documents are added to the collection. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Databases

Download JSON data for tailable meaning in English (1.4kB)

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