In dictionaries:
half-open interval
(mathematics) An interval in the real line which contains one of its endpoints but not the other one: i.e., it either contains its supremum or its infimum but not both.
half-open file
(chess) A file with only pawns of one color situated on it.
TCP half-open
The term half-open refers to TCP connections whose state is out of synchronization between the two communicating hosts, possibly due to a crash of one side.
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