What is a stack frame?

Answer 1

The Stack class represents a last-in-first-out (LIFO) stack of objects. It extends class Vector with five operations that allow a vector to be treated as a stack. The usual push and pop operations are provided, as well as a method to peek at the top item on the stack, a method to test for whether the stack is empty, and a method to search the stack for an item and discover how far it is from the top.

When a stack is first created, it contains no items.

Methods:

• empty() - Returns boolean - Used to check if the stack is empty
• peek() - Returns Object - Take a look at the top most element in the stack without popping it
• Pop() - Returns Object - Returns the top most element from the stack
• push(Object o) - Pushes the object at the top of the stack
• search(Object o) - Returns int - Returns the index location of the searched object. Returns -1 if the object is not found.

Stack is a data structure it allows data to be inserted and removed in a push and a pop operation . stack also support a peek operation which reads data without removing it. A stack is a LIFO-queue, meaning that the last data to be inserted will be the first data to be removed

Answer 2

The word 'stack' is a verb and a noun.

• The verb to 'stack' is to place one thing on top of another to form a pile; to direct aircraft to circle a landing area waiting to land; to arrange cards, facts, or circumstances that will result in an outcome is overwhelmingly likely; a word for an action.
• The noun 'stack' is a word for a pile of neatly arranged things; a word for a quantity of hay or straw piled for future use; a word for a chimney on a factory, or a vertical exhaust pipe on a vehicle; a word for an area of a library in which most of the books are shelved; a word for a thing.

In computer science (or computer technology or computer programming) a stack is a data structure (how multiple pieces of data are stored internally) so that information is entered into a stack by a computer program and when retrieved, the most recent item put into the stack is the next item to be removed. This kind of stack is also called a push down stack or a Last in First out (LIFO) structure. This is different from a queue where information is retrieved in the order that it was stored, also know as a First in First out (FIFO) structure..

Answer 3

A stack is a data structure that allows storage of data for later retrieval. It is characterized as a last-in-first-out (LIFO) structure, allowing nested use of data.

Think of it as a stack of papers on your desk. You place each paper on top of the stack. You can retrieve the papers in the reverse order that you placed them. If you get interrupted to do something, you stop what you are doing, write down what you were doing, and place that information on top of the stack. Later, you retrieve it and continue doing what you were doing.

The most common use of a stack is to record the return address and state for a function call, along with the parameters for that function call. The called function can then allocate additional space on the stack for its temporary variables. The set of data comprising return address and state, parameters, and temporary variables is often known as a stack frame.

Answer 4

Stacks are used in situations where we need to pull out the last inserted element at first, means LIFO.

for example in recursion the function when called last time returns the value at first, for this compiler need a stack.

Answer 5

A stack frame is a block of memory allocated on the call stack. Each time you invoke a function, a stack frame is created to store the function's local variables, the return address, and the function's arguments. The size of each frame depends on which function is invoked, but remains constant for a given function. In the case of recursive functions, a new stack frame is created with each recursion.

Stack frames are released when the corresponding functions return to their callers.

Each thread of execution has its own dedicated call stack and is fixed length. A thread's stack is instantiated when the thread is instantiated, and occupies contiguous memory addresses. The top of the stack is at the highest address. At the top of the main thread's stack is the stack frame for the main function. A stack pointer refers to the next available address on the stack and adjusts as functions are called and returned. If we run out of memory for the next stack frame, the program terminates with a stack allocation error.

Answer 6

Term used to describe individuals of African decent with homosexual tendencies. Often refered to as "Stackneezy" or "Stacknizzle"

Answer 7

A call stack is a stack which stores details of the functions called by a program in sequence, so that each function can return to the code that called it.