copy-on-write proxy

English

Noun

copy-on-write proxy (plural copy-on-write proxies)

  1. (programming) A proxy that controls the copying of an object by deferring the copy until it is required by a client.[1]

References

  1. ^ Freeman, Eric; Freeman, Elisabeth; Kathy, Sierra; Bert, Bates (2004), “Head First Design Patterns”, in Hendrickson, Mike, Loukides, Mike, editors, (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1], volume 1 (paperback), O'REILLY, →ISBN, retrieved 29 October 2012, pages 488-9