(software compilation) The replacement by a compiler of a function call with a copy of the entire function body, sometimes used as an optimization.

plural of macro expansion

plural of expansion pack

(computing) A module that adds new content to an existing piece of software. / (video games, by extension) An add-on for a video game that includes additional content and is typically sold separately.

plural of multiple expansion

A piece of laboratory apparatus used to connect equipment having ground glass joints of different sizes

(finance) An increase in the price-earnings ratio, or multiple, of a stock or group of stocks.

(physics) The cooling of a gas as it undergoes adiabatic expansion

(computing) The source code (assembler or other language) created by interpretation of a macro

plural of Sudakov expansion