0 a crack or hole through which liquid or gas escapes -- læk
Water was escaping through a leak in the pipe.
1 the passing of gas, water etc through a crack or hole -- læk; -læk
a gas leak.
2 a giving away of secret information -- læk
a leak of Government plans.
3 to have a leak -- lække
4 to (cause something) to pass through a leak -- lække
In reactive and concurrent programs, intermediate states are visible and synchronization can be used, deliberately or accidentally, to leak information.
Pieces of the false keel floated to the surface, but the ship was quickly refloated and found not to be leaking.
If the typing is made pure linear instead of affine, we could also prevent space leaks.
It seems impossible, however, to prevent all information about the implementation of an abstract type leaking out.
The reason for this not too infrequent occurrence was traced to leaking nozzle seals or pressure holes or to damage on the flat-plate leading edge.
Clearly the crown was trying to limit the amount of information leaking out about the trial.
Similarly, an individual could accidentally ' 'leak' ' his or her own data through a ' 'phishing' ' attack or other online breach.
But such information did on occasion leak out and become public property and news.
