temp

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /tɛmp/
• (America) IPA: /tɛmp/, [tʰɛmp]

Noun

1. Abbreviation of temperature#English|temperature.
2. Abbreviation of tempore.

Adjective

1. Abbreviation of temporary#English|temporary.

Noun

temp (plural temps)

1. A temporary employee, usually in an office.
2. (computing, informal, mostly, attributive) A temporary storage location.
   • 2001, John Y. Hsu, Computer Architecture: Software Aspects, Coding, and Hardware

     Consequently, the unit executes and places the result in a temp register.

   • 2014, Andrew W. Appel, Program Logics for Certified Compilers (page 162)

     That is, r-values include numeric constants, nonaddressable local variables (temps) […]

Translations

• French: employé temporaire, employée temporaire
• German: Leiharbeiter, Leiharbeiterin
• Russian: вре́менный рабо́тник

Verb

temp (temps, present participle temping; past and past participle temped)

1. To work as a temporary employee.
   • 2007, The Savages, 01:24:50

     --I temp for money, but it's not my main thing. I write plays.

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