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English
Etymology
optimist + -ic
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Adjective
optimistic (comparative more optimistic, superlative most optimistic)
- Expecting the best in all possible ways.
- Antonym: pessimistic
in an optimistic mood
optimistic plans
took an optimistic view
1944 November and December, “What's in a Name?”, in Railway Magazine, page 333:Reference was made in the January-February issue to some of the optimistic railway titles of the past, such as the Manchester & Milford, and the Lancashire, Derbyshire & East Coast, neither of which got anywhere near the extremities indicated in their titles during their independent existence.
- (computing) Allowing other processes to perform transactions on the same data at the same time, and checking for conflicts only when changes need to be written back.
optimistic concurrency
optimistic locking
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