Roach motel
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Roach motel can mean:
- A low-priced motelMotelA motor hotel, or motel for short, is a hotel designed for motorists, and usually has a parking area for motor vehicles...
or comparable lodging facility, usually a considerably older property in disrepair, not affiliated with a major chain, and located in a decaying area of town. - Roach Motel (insect trap)Roach Motel (insect trap)Roach Motel is a brand of a roach bait device designed to catch cockroaches. Although the term is the subject of a trademark registration by the insect control brand Black Flag, the phrase has come to be used as a reference to all traps that use a scent or other form of bait to lure cockroaches...
, a device used to catch cockroaches. - An American hardcore punkHardcore punkHardcore punk is an underground music genre that originated in the late 1970s, following the mainstream success of punk rock. Hardcore is generally faster, thicker, and heavier than earlier punk rock. The origin of the term "hardcore punk" is uncertain. The Vancouver-based band D.O.A...
band sometimes referred to as the first punk band formed in Florida. - In computers, sometimes as slang use:
- Sometimes used to refer to a proprietary file standard -- "you can check your data in, but you can't check it out".
- A property of the Java Memory ModelJava Memory ModelThe Java memory model describes how threads in the Java programming language interact through memory. Together with the description of single-threaded execution of code, the memory model provides the semantics of the Java programming language....
, which lets compilers and Java Virtual MachineJava Virtual MachineA Java virtual machine is a virtual machine capable of executing Java bytecode. It is the code execution component of the Java software platform. Sun Microsystems stated that there are over 4.5 billion JVM-enabled devices.-Overview:...
s move accesses to memory into synchronized blocks, but not to move them out.