Talk:mutable

Missing ety and sense?
Can it also mean "able to be muted/silenced"? The phrase "mutable amplifier" seems to be in use. Equinox ◑ 23:12, 8 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes, "mutable" is a common misspelling of "muteable", so that should probably be listed as well. Zombiewizard45 (talk) 08:12, 27 October 2020 (UTC)


 * I do think this sense exists in this spelling (and not just muteable), but finding cites is hard; here's one for "mutable" and one for "non-mutable":


 * , Basel Halak, Hardware Supply Chain Security: Threat Modelling, Emerging Attacks and Countermeasures, Springer Nature (ISBN 9783030627072), page 40:
 * Non-mutable convergent key gates: If the neither of the key gates can be muted, then they are call non-mutable convergent key gates. As an attacker cannot access key inputs nor can they mute either gate in the pattern, they have to use a brute force attack.
 * 1993, Hazard Assessment and Control Technology in Semiconductor Manufacturing II., Amer Conf of Governmental
 * The device is a &quot;mutable, nondisablable&quot; alarm. This alarm could be muted, or silenced, but would automatically re-alarm later after a certain maximum time interval. It could not be disabled. This is assuming the initial condition has not [disappeared].
 * - -sche (discuss) 23:32, 6 February 2021 (UTC)