Procrustean assignment

短语

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A form of assignment to fixed-length string variables in which a shorter value is padded to the necessary length while a longer one is truncated.

    过时 罕用 不可数 计算机 工程 数学

词源

After the legendary highwayman Procrustes, who stretched or cut his victims to make them fit a bed.

来源：wiktionary