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Technique circumventing programming language data typing
In computer science, type punning is any programming technique that subverts or circumvents the type system of a programming language in order to achieve
Type_punning
Form of word play that sounds similar to or has a similar meaning to another word
ways to each of the items listed, creating a series of linked puns. This type of punning can often be seen in literature, particularly in works that play
Pun
Extent to which a programming language discourages type errors
input/output (I/O) is possible, circumvents the type system and so can be used to break type safety.) Type punning is another example of such an "escape" feature
Type_safety
Union data structure with enforced cases
untagged unions are used to perform bit-level conversions between types, or type punning. Tagged unions are not intended for this purpose; typically a new
Tagged_union
Root-finding algorithm
reinterpreted as an object representation in the new type as described in 6.2.6 (a process sometimes called "type punning"). "Bit-casting object representations".
Fast_inverse_square_root
Differentiating positive and negative zero
programming tricks may be needed to distinguish the two values: Type punning the number to an integer type, so as to look at the sign bit in the bit pattern; using
Signed_zero
Upper bound on rounding error in floating-point arithmetic
Without type punning, assuming the default RN rounding mode: const double epsilon = 1.0 + (1.0 - 4.0 / 3.0) * 3.0; Example in Python: from typing import
Machine_epsilon
Topics referred to by the same term
similar to each other. Pun, PUN or PuN may also refer to: PunBB, an internet discussion board system, originally known as Pun Type punning, a computer programming
Pun_(disambiguation)
Data type that allows for values that are one of multiple different data types
common location by different data types, for example hardware input/output access, bitfield and word sharing, or type punning. Unions can also provide low-level
Union_type
Changing an expression from one data type to another
specific operation. Downcasting Run-time type information § C++ – dynamic cast and Java cast Truth value Type punning Mehrotra, Dheeraj (2008). S. Chand's
Type_conversion
General-purpose programming language
way includes volatile memory access, architecture-specific intrinsics, type punning, and inline assembly. Unsafe code is needed, for example, in the implementation
Rust_(programming_language)
Order of bytes in a computer word
as by assembly language programmers. While not allowed by C++, such type punning code is allowed as "implementation-defined" by the C11 standard and commonly
Endianness
General-purpose programming language
permits platform hardware and memory to be accessed with pointers and type punning, so system-specific features (e.g. Control/Status Registers, I/O registers)
C_(programming_language)
Set of rules defining correctly structured programs for the Rust programming language
functionality, such as volatile memory access, architecture-specific intrinsics, type punning, and inline assembly. Rust does not use garbage collection. Memory and
Rust_syntax
IEEE standard for floating-point arithmetic
contains relevant quotations from IEEE 754-2008 and -2019. Contains a type-pun implementation and explanation. Herf, Michael (December 2001). "radix tricks"
IEEE_754
Short story designed to end with a pun
phrase), where the story contains sufficient context to recognize the punning humor. The term for this storytelling model originated in a long-running
Feghoot
Humor research using computational linguistics
175–178. Binsted, Kim; Ritchie, Graeme (1994). "A symbolic description of punning riddles and its computer implementation". arXiv:cmp-lg/9406021. Bibcode:1994cmp
Computational_humor
Mechanism by which a computer program can load a library (or other binary) into memory
(called "type punning") is common, and explicitly allowed even if strict aliasing is in force, provided the memory is accessed through the union type directly
Dynamic_loading
Number of locations between beginnings of array elements
value, 100, sizeof records[0]); return 0; } This idiom is a form of type punning. Some languages like PL/I or Fortran allow what is known as an array
Stride_of_an_array
a feature called punning. In metaclasses implemented by punning, the same subject is interpreted as two fundamentally different types of thing—a class
Metaclass (knowledge representation)
Metaclass_(knowledge_representation)
vector maths library. In a math library, it is frequently useful to use type punning to interpret a floating-point number as an unsigned integer of the same
Math_library
Type of pun
but in two different senses. Antanaclasis is a common type of pun, and like other kinds of pun, it is often found in slogans. I'm not a businessman, I'm
Antanaclasis
Comparison between two programming languages
level C++ language features (e.g. unchecked array access, raw pointers, type punning) cannot be reliably checked at compile-time or without overhead at run-time
Comparison_of_Java_and_C++
Relational database programming language
relational algebra and tuple relational calculus, SQL consists of many types of statements, which may be informally classed as sublanguages, commonly:
SQL
Pun involving an image, often a rebus
contains the technique of canting arms, which can be considered punning. Visual puns on the bearer's name are used extensively as forms of heraldic expression
Visual_pun
Form of word play
a quoted sentence is linked by a pun to the manner in which it is attributed. Tom Swifties may be considered a type of wellerism. The standard syntax
Tom_Swifty
Word consisting of two words
practice of combining words in various ways, comparing it to the then-common type of luggage, which opens into two equal parts: You see it's like a portmanteau—there
Portmanteau
Search algorithm used in sorted arrays
contains relevant quotations from IEEE 754-2008 and -2019. Contains a type-pun implementation and explanation. "Binary search *eliminates* branch mispredictions
Binary_search
Annual spoken-word competition in Austin, Texas
contests of punning prowess: Punniest of Show, which features individuals performing a 90-second prepared monologue filled with puns; and PunSlingers, which
O._Henry_Pun-Off
American librarian
Raymond Pun, eds. 2016. Career Transitions for Librarians : Proven Strategies for Moving to Another Type of Library. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield. Pun Wins
Raymond_Pun
Upturned edge of an ancient roof
a building. It may be made of terracotta or stone. There are two basic types of sima: The raking sima The lateral sima The raking sima is continuous
Sima_(architecture)
German fairy tale
"Rapunzel" (/rəˈpʌnzəl/ rə-PUN-zəl; German: [ʁaˈpʊnt͡sl̩] ; French: Raiponce or Persinette) is a German fairy tale most notably recorded by the Brothers
Rapunzel
the listed names unusual due to their containing pop culture references or puns. In the early days of genomics, genes were often given creative names upon
List of unusual biological names
List_of_unusual_biological_names
1998 single by Big Pun
Zealand single certifications – Big Pun feat. Joe – Still Not a Player". Radioscope. Retrieved February 23, 2026. Type Still Not a Player in the "Search:"
Still_Not_a_Player
Datum of integral data type
integer is a datum of integral data type, a data type that represents some range of mathematical integers. Integral data types may be of different sizes and
Integer_(computer_science)
says humans are still the underdogs, and Selina laughs at the unintended pun. Upon arriving at Hartington’s business, Jana finds Selina’s mother in a
List_of_Wolfblood_episodes
Combined pedestrian and bicycle crossing
A toucan crossing is the British term for a type of pedestrian crossing that also allows bicycles to be ridden across. Since "two can" cross together (both
Toucan_crossing
MTR station on Hong Kong Island
Sai Ying Pun is a station on the MTR network. The station is located between HKU and Sheung Wan on the Island line. It serves the neighbourhood of Sai
Sai_Ying_Pun_station
Species of virus
response; for example, "H1N1" denotes a subtype that has a type-1 hemagglutinin (H) protein and a type-1 neuraminidase (N) protein. Variations within subtypes
Influenza_A_virus
Vulgar term
Cs, her Us, and her Ts: and thus makes she her great Ps", unwittingly punning on "cunt" and "piss", and while it has also been argued that the slang
Cunt
Taiwanese multinational electronics contract manufacturer
September 2000). "Two Cheers for Sweatshops". The New York Times. Ngai, Pun, and Jenny Chan. "Global capital, the state, and Chinese workers: The Foxconn
Foxconn
racist 'Type C' comment, fried chicken brand blames FB admin and reassigns her". Retrieved 14 May 2024. "DarSA Fried Chicken Apologizes For Racist 'Type C'
List_of_ethnic_slurs
This is an index of joke types. Anti-humor Bar joke Bellman joke Black comedy Blonde joke British humour Callback Chuck Norris Facts Conditional joke
Index_of_joke_types
and Makita & Kunieda rescue Hayate, then abandon him after he makes a bad pun. 41 "Goodbye Teacher, Despair ~ Graduation Special" Transliteration: "Sensei
List of Hayate the Combat Butler episodes
List_of_Hayate_the_Combat_Butler_episodes
Canadian television sitcom (2016–2023) created by Jared Keeso
and Squirrely Dan. Episodes deal with small-town life amongst different types of people: the farmers ("Hicks"), gym goers and out-of-towners who play
Letterkenny_(TV_series)
Figures of speech
company: "We go a long way for you." This type of syllepsis operates in a similar manner to a homonymic pun. There are several other definitions of zeugma
Zeugma_and_syllepsis
reflections & cultural heritage that inform CAOS; "Your Moment of Zen" (newscast puns about the penny coin's production halt). 4122 131 November 17 Jon Stewart
List of The Daily Show episodes (2025)
List_of_The_Daily_Show_episodes_(2025)
French joke form
A Monsieur et Madame joke is originally a French type of joke, which takes the form of a riddle. It involves providing the surname of a husband and wife
Monsieur_et_Madame_jokes
Canadian philosopher and communications scholar (1911–1980)
humankind to the electronic age. According to McLuhan, the invention of movable type greatly accelerated, intensified, and ultimately enabled cultural and cognitive
Marshall_McLuhan
Slang used on the internet in Cantonese
the youth culture of Hong Kong. Save time and ease communication Able to type faster with shorter sentences or letters Helps create a sense of identity
Cantonese_internet_slang
Circus march
Fillmore's Troopers Tribunal, a circus march for which Fillmore used a punning name – troupers, as in a circus troupe – in order to conceal whom he wrote
Screamer_(march)
Family of digital circuits
negative supply voltage VDD = -10V. The p-type MOSFETs are arranged in a so-called "pull-up network" (PUN) between the logic gate output and positive
PMOS_logic
Thai dessert
Khanom piak pun (Thai: ขนมเปียกปูน, Thai pronunciation: [kʰā.nǒm pìa̯k pūːn]; lit. 'limewater-dampened sweets') is a type of Thai dessert. It is similar
Kanom_piakpoon
17th Supreme Patriarch of Thai Buddhism
of Thailand (1972–1973, 2515–2516 Thai calendar). He was born in 1896 as Pun Punnasiri in Song Phi Nong District, Suphan Buri Province. He was a member
Ariyavangsagatayana (Pun Puṇṇasiri)
Ariyavangsagatayana_(Pun_Puṇṇasiri)
French-American painter, sculptor, and chess player (1887–1968)
use this novel term in his upcoming show. To this day, sculptures of this type are called "mobiles". Between 1912 and 1915, Duchamp worked with various
Marcel_Duchamp
South Korean television series (2021–2025)
with simple rules that were easy to explain in contrast to other survival-type films using games with complex rules. The central game he selected, the squid
Squid_Game
Domestic terrorist attacks
suspected him of preparing a terrorist attack. He wanted to buy an AK-47-type assault rifle, a Glock pistol, hand-grenades and a rocket-propelled grenade
2011_Norway_attacks
American right-wing advocacy group
Records LP album Gazette Vol. 2. The name is a pun. On the surface, it changes the name from one type of tree, birch to another, ash. However, the name
John_Birch_Society
Insult
third single, "Whatareya?", offers examples of differences between the types and tells the listener to decide which one he is. Hard rock (formerly glam
Wanker
2012 Singaporean film by Jack Neo
2012). "Movie Review: Ah Boys To Men (Part 1) (PG13, 113min) Playing to type Rating: 3/5 Stars". Today. Archived from the original on 10 November 2012
Ah_Boys_to_Men
2016 novel written by Echo of Heart
Sai Ying Pun (Chinese: 西營盤) is a Hong Kong horror fantasy novel written by web novelist Echo of Heart in 2016. The novel was inspired by the postponement
Sai_Ying_Pun_(novel)
Designation for the Egyptian pyramids often used by early travelers
smaller ones were dispersed within the town. There were essentially two types, one with a circular base, the other with a square or rectangular one. The
Joseph's_granaries
God in Sumerian mythology
him to the Underworld in this version may have had the same purpose as a type of chair called a "ghosts chair", whose purpose, as described in a ritual
Enki
Pokémon species
media franchise. Designed by Ken Sugimori, Slowpoke is a Water and Psychic-type Pokémon that debuted in the video games Pokémon Red and Blue and appeared
Slowpoke
Overview of county-level divisions in China
Name Name in Chinese Prefecture Province Type Area (km2) Population Census 2010 Division code numerical alphabetical Yaohai District 瑶海区 Hefei Anhui District
List_of_counties_in_China
Institution where adolescents learn
local authorities and their stakeholders. In England there are six general types of state-funded schools running in parallel to the private sector. The state
Secondary_school
The khan of the Dzungar Khanate surrendered to invading Qing forces. The Puning Temple was built to commemorate the defeat of the Dzungar Khanate. 1760
Timeline_of_Chinese_history
Type of short joke
A dad joke is a joke typically involving a pun, often presented as a one-liner or a question and answer. Generally inoffensive, dad jokes are told with
Dad_joke
Musical tradition
vulgar, the idea that somebody has to say what they want to say in a message type song ... 'Which side are you on?' That's such a waste? I mean, which side
Protest songs in the United States
Protest_songs_in_the_United_States
Jeff Pidgeon) is a yellow toy with a built-in keyboard that speaks words typed on it. He makes brief appearances in the first two films, and it is stated
List_of_Toy_Story_characters
King of the English from 927 to 939
has been interpreted by Lapidge as referring to the young Æthelstan, punning on the Old English meaning of his name, "noble stone". Lapidge and Wood
Æthelstan
Building in Hong Kong
Sai Ying Pun Community Complex is located at 2 High Street, Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong. It is a nine-storey building built on the site of the Old Mental
Sai Ying Pun Community Complex
Sai_Ying_Pun_Community_Complex
1985 novel by Margaret Atwood
Frederick Waterford's wife, who "once worked as a television personality of the type described" in the novel, was named Thelma. Serena Joy spends her free time
The_Handmaid's_Tale
commonly use a pinyin-enabled QWERTY keyboard. Upper-case letters are easy to type and require no transformation. (Lower-case letters spell words which are
Chinese_Internet_slang
Lesbian bar in Greenfield, Massachusetts
of older community members, they decided not to. Wanting to integrate a pun into the name, the owners settled on "ditch" as a synonym for the literal
Last_Ditch_Bar
organism in vitro are not always reflected when applied to an organism in vivo. Pun on in vino veritas. incepto ne desistam May I not shrink from my purpose
List_of_Latin_phrases_(full)
Flemish painter (died 1441)
and signed with a variation of his motto ALS ICH KAN (As I (Eyck) can), a pun on his name, which he typically painted in Greek characters. Van Eyck painted
Jan_van_Eyck
Hot pepper
HA(H)L-ə-PEE-nyoh, -PAY-, Spanish: [xalaˈpeɲo] ) is a medium-sized chili pepper pod type cultivar of the species Capsicum annuum. A mature jalapeño chili is 5–10 cm
Jalapeño
1939 novel by James Joyce
most find consensus that Festy King, who appears on trial in I.4, is a HCE type, not all analysts agree on this – for example Anthony Burgess believes him
Finnegans_Wake
Vietnamese Buddhist monk (1897–1963)
Americans in Saigon often found the self-immolations to be surreal and made puns about "bonze fires" and "hot cross bonzes". In one instance in 1963, the
Thích_Quảng_Đức
International school in Yangon, Myanmar
Pun Hlaing International School was an international school using the British Curriculum on the Pun Hlaing Golf Estate in Hlaingthaya Township, Yangon
Pun Hlaing International School
Pun_Hlaing_International_School
Aspect of Spanish history
century industrial architecture, and one of the oldest buildings of its type in Europe. The building covers a roughly rectangular area of 185 by 147 metres
History_of_Seville
American rapper (born 1980)
professionally as Remy Ma, is an American rapper. Discovered by the late rapper Big Pun, she came to prominence for her work as a member of Fat Joe's group, Terror
Remy_Ma
Biblically-themed operating system
just-in-time compiled language of TempleOS. It is an imperative, statically typed programming language, although it uses some object-oriented programming
TempleOS
1894 erotic poetry collection by Pierre Louÿs
translation: they were drawn in an art-deco style, with numerous visual puns on sexual objects, such as the couch in The Living Past which has an undeniable
The_Songs_of_Bilitis
Romanticised culture
Philip Deloria theorizes in his book Playing Indian that there are two types of Hobbyism—people Hobbyism and item Hobbyism. West Germans would be considered
Native Americans in German popular culture
Native_Americans_in_German_popular_culture
Novel by Hermann Hesse (1943)
awarded to the book's central character. "Magister Ludi" can also be seen as a pun: magister is a Latin word meaning "teacher", while ludus can be translated
The_Glass_Bead_Game
Personal name expressing a virtue
For example, Ernest derives from the same root as 'earnest', hence the pun in The Importance of Being Earnest, whose main character assumes that name
Virtue_name
Supernatural beings from Japanese folklore
relatively beneficent in comparison, and class the two as ultimately the same type of spirits of nature or of a mythological realm. Their behavior can range
Yōkai
Comic strip by Charles M. Schulz
otherwise confidently delivers speeches in oral exams, using wordplay and puns while framing her topics with theatrics and suspense. Schroeder is a boy
Peanuts
Fibrosis of lungs due to unknown causes
the air sacs, and is associated with the formation of scar tissue. It is a type of chronic pulmonary fibrosis characterized by a progressive and irreversible
Idiopathic_pulmonary_fibrosis
Characters in the Book of Daniel
by his confession of the superiority of the god of Israel. The plot is a type known in folklore as "the disgrace and rehabilitation of a minister," the
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego
Shadrach,_Meshach,_and_Abednego
Chinese cigarette brand
common names for China. As a result, advertisements usually use the name as a pun, though this practice has been controversial. For example, the slogan "Love
Chunghwa_(cigarette)
American comedian (1913-1981)
Block" during his BBC days, gave his impressions of Block as "a real Broadway type who reminded me of a Damon Runyon character suddenly set down in a Broadcasting
Hal_Block
German artist and theorist (1471–1528)
by 1512/13 and completed by 1523, showing five differently constructed types of both male and female figures, all parts of the body expressed in fractions
Albrecht_Dürer
Character in Chinese mythology
body. Bìmǎwēn (弼馬溫) The title of the keeper of the Heavenly Horses, a punning of bìmǎwēn (避馬瘟; 'avoiding the horses' plague'). A monkey was often put
Sun_Wukong
Sentence composed of homonyms
verb, (what a cop does) and a city in Poland. General: Antanaclasis – Type of pun Bison bison bison – Subspecies of bisonPages displaying short descriptions
Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo
Buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo
Characters from post-apocalyptic drama series
preparing with the stunt team in London. They were concerned their body type did not match Ellie's in the game, particularly in their lack of muscle definition
Characters of The Last of Us (TV series)
Characters_of_The_Last_of_Us_(TV_series)
Cocktail originally made of gin, vodka and Kina Lillet
drinks when a butler announced: "Vespers are served." Fleming adapted this pun on the name of the religious observance normally held about sunset, "Vespers"
Vesper_(cocktail)
Satan, or type of demon
of the (heavenly) dwelling", and Baʿal zəvuv could have been a derogatory pun used by the Israelites. In Arabic translations, the name is rendered as Baʿl-zabūl
Beelzebub
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