2. Noun. (computing programming) A design pattern resembling the singleton pattern except that multiple keyed instances of the class can be created. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Multiton
1. weighing many tons [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Multiton
Literary usage of Multiton
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Supply of Illicit Drugs to the United States: The MMICC Report, 1995 by Paul V. Daly (1998)
"multiton quantities of marijuana continued to be smuggled through the Caribbean
... X \ For the past few years, multiton shipments of Colombian marijuana ..."
2. National Drug Control Policy: Interdiction Efforts in Florida and the edited by J. Dennis Hastert (2001)
"Intelligence assessments tell us multiton shipments of cocaine are offloaded at
sea to boats along the Florida Keys and Cay Sal Bank, or brought directly ..."
3. Patterns of Global Terrorism, (1995) by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"One of them, Sergio Buschman—wanted for his role in directing a multiton shipment
of Cuban-supplied weapons into Chile in 1986—had escaped from a Chilean ..."