Transclusion

Quick meaning: Transclusion is a noun meaning (computing) The inclusion of part of one hypertext document in another one by means of reference rather than copying.

Meaning

(computing) The inclusion of part of one hypertext document in another one by means of reference rather than copying.

Example Sentences

Transclusion means that a thing can be in two places at once.

The MediaWiki parser processes an article in two stages. The first stage is called preprocessing and is mainly involved with the transclusion of templates and the expansion of the Wikitext.

Directives that use transclusion are treated specially by the compiler in that the contents of the directive's elements are removed and provided via a transclusion function before their compile function is called.

Transclusion has always been a key component of the vision of hypermedia, ever since its earliest days (Nelson 1965). The term was originally used to denote the inclusion, by referential addressing, of part of one document within another; […]

Word Forms

• transclusions

Synonyms for transclusion

Depending on context, synonyms include interpolation.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include transception, bitext, subtextualization, transumption, intertextualization, transcreation.

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