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w^x

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.90 in modern English

Syllables
w^x
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
2
Letters
1
Syllables
2
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A security policy that implements executable space protection by ensuring every memory page is either writable or executable, but not both.

Uncountable

Etymology

Introduced in 2003. From "write xor execute", using the ^ operator that means xor in some programming languages etc.

Usage

Questions

What does w^x mean?
A security policy that implements executable space protection by ensuring every memory page is either writable or executable, but not both.
Where does w^x come from?
Introduced in 2003. From "write xor execute", using the ^ operator that means xor in some programming languages etc.

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