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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>wrap around</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../W.html" title="W"/><link rel="previous" href="wound-around-the-axle.html" title="wound around the axle"/><link rel="next" href="write-only-code.html" title="write-only code"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">wrap around</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="wound-around-the-axle.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">W</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="write-only-code.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="wrap-around"/><dt xmlns="" id="wrap-around"><b>wrap around</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">vi.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> (also <span class="grammar">n.</span> <span class="firstterm">wraparound</span> and <span class="grammar">v.</span> shorthand <span class="firstterm">wrap</span>) </p></dd><dd><p> 1. [techspeak] The action of a counter that starts over at zero or
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at <span class="firstterm">minus infinity</span> (see
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<a href="../I/infinity.html"><i class="glossterm">infinity</i></a>) after its maximum value has been reached,
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and continues incrementing, either because it is programmed to do so or
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because of an overflow (as when a car's odometer starts over at 0).
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</p></dd><dd><p> 2. To change <a href="../P/phase.html"><i class="glossterm">phase</i></a> gradually and continuously
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by maintaining a steady wake-sleep cycle somewhat longer than 24 hours,
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e.g., living six long (28-hour) days in a week (or, equivalently, sleeping
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at the rate of 10 microhertz). This sense is also called
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