truncate

Vocabulary Word

Definition

'Truncate' is when you shorten something by clipping off or cutting away some parts. It's like you have a long list, but you only include the first five items and leave out the rest.

Examples in Different Contexts

In software development, 'truncate' is often used when limiting the length of texts in databases. A software engineer might state, 'I truncated the user comments to 200 characters to ensure consistent display.'

Practice Scenarios

Tech

Scenario:

Our application's performance is sluggish because of the huge log files. We need to address this issue soon.

Response:

Sounds good. We could truncate the log files to reduce disk storage and might enhance the performance.

Academics

Scenario:

When we're dealing with shapes, we have several ways to transform them. Consider a cube, what would you get if you cut off its corners?

Response:

If we truncate a cube by cutting off its corners, we get a cuboctahedron, right?