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hotspot
Found in thesaurus: geographic area, geographical region, geographic region, geographical area, point, spot
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hotspot
n.
spot of light, beam of light; popular nightclub or entertainment site; site of ongoing warfare or political strife; place on the Earth's surface where molten lava builds up under the surface
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HotSpot
HotSpot is the primary Java Virtual Machine for desktops and servers produced by Sun Microsystems. It features techniques such as just-in-time compilation and adaptive optimization designed to improve performance.
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Hotspot
A hot spot is a region of high or special activity within a larger area of low or normal activity; it may refer to:
in geology
in geology
- Hotspot (geology), a location above a hot upwelling plume of mantle.
in computer science
- Hotspot (program), a set of computer instructions executed so frequently that, in older architectures, the memory chips could actually have a spot of higher temperature.
- Hotspot (database), a frequently accessed data item or object in a database
- Hotspot (Wi-Fi), a Wi-Fi access point or area, in particular for connecting to the Internet
- HotSpot, a Java Virtual Machine from Sun Microsystems
- Screen hotspots, especially in GUI applications, provide areas on which computer-users click or hover for extra information-processing
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hotspot
Noun
1. a place of political unrest and potential violence; "the United States cannot police all of the world's hot spots"
(synonym) hot spot
(hypernym) geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region
2. a point of intense heat or radiation
(synonym) hot spot
(hypernym) point
3. a lively entertainment spot
(synonym) hot spot
(hypernym) spot
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hotspot
In genetics, an area of DNA that is likely to mutate (change).
A Service of the National Cancer Institute.
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