varint

English

Noun

varint (plural varints)

  1. (programming) Clipping of variable-length integer.
    • 2019, Jimmy Song, Programming Bitcoin: Learn How to Program Bitcoin from Scratch, O'Reilly, →ISBN, page 91:
      This is the case with the number of inputs in a normal transaction, so using varints helps to save space.
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