widening conversion (English, noun)
expansion: widening conversion (plural widening conversions)
Senses:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: A conversion from one data type to another where the new data type’s size is the same or greater than the old one’s, guaranteeing that there will be no loss of information.
Forms:
form: widening conversions
tags: plural