sparse

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Editorial note

Instead you can create a sparse file of 10GB that takes 0 bytes on disk.

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not dense; "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse"

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adjective

not dense; "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse"

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Core meanings and parts of speech for sparse.

adjective

not dense; "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse"

Example sentences

Instead you can create a sparse file of 10GB that takes 0 bytes on disk.

On Linux, all major fs support sparse files.

You're always going to get sparse frontiers and empty real estate.- The Great Filter.

>20M monthly pageviews and sparse usage at 500+ schools, intense usage at 100+.

For example, when you create a sparse virtual disk and it appears to be XGB all zeroed and ready to use.

The article is pigeonholing a country with over a billion people in sparse categories.

Additionally, it makes it easy to handle data in non-traditional structures, such as hierarchies, sets or sparse tables.

If it did, then many tech pundits with high readership like Gruber, Siegler et. al. would be posting endless analysis of how Apple shook up the UI paradigm to make a great new UI instead of going with the same old icons, toolbars and docks and how everyone else is copying them with sparse UI.

On the other hand, if a language improves productivity in a "sparse" sort of way--say you spend 20% less time writing code and 30% less on debugging and maintenance--you won't notice quite as easily.

In the past week, London responded to a request for information from the German government with the sparse note that communications service operations are never the subject of open discussion.