[from the operation that puts the current information on a stack, and
the fact that procedure return addresses are saved on a stack] (Also
PUSH /push/ or PUSHJ /push´J/, the latter based on the PDP-10
procedure call instruction.)
1. To put something onto a {stack}. If one says that something has
been pushed onto one's stack, it means that the Damoclean list of
things hanging over ones's head has grown longer and heavier yet.
This may also imply that one will deal with it before other pending
items; otherwise one might say that the thing was `added to my
queue'.
2. vi. To enter upon a digression, to save the current discussion for
later. Antonym of {pop}; see also {stack}.
[glossary]
[Reference(s) to this entry by made by: {PDP-10}{stack}]