# interning

Pronunciation: say "in-TUR-ning" US /ɪnˈtɝnɪŋ/, UK /ɪnˈtɜːnɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle of intern. — present participle and gerund of intern
   - Simple: The -ing form of intern. Use it after am, is, are, was or were, or to name the action.
   - _She is interning at a law firm while she finishes her degree._
   - _Interning abroad broadened her professional network considerably._

## Noun

2. The practice of always using a shared reference to each value instead of making separate copies of objects that are equal.
   - Simple: A way to save memory by keeping one shared copy of each equal value and pointing to it instead of copying.
   - _Python applies interning to small integers so that equal values share the same object._
   - _Interning reduced the application's memory footprint by eliminating duplicate string objects._

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