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noun
- (computing) A program that prepares other programs for execution.
- Agent noun of load; a person or device that loads.
- A tractor with a scoop, for example: front-end loader, front loader, endloader, payloader, bucket loader, tracked loader, wheel loader, etc.
- (marketing) An incentive given to a dealer.
- Ellipsis of backhoe loader
- a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port
- an attendant who loads guns for someone shooting game
verb
- (computing) of a program or device: to imitate another program or device
- To copy or imitate, especially a person.
- strive to equal or match, especially by imitating
- compete with successfully; approach or reach equality with
- imitate the function of (another system), as by modifying the hardware or the software
noun
- (computing) A computer program.
- (politics) A set of principal goals which someone, especially a political party or candidate, supports.
- (broadcasting) A performance of a show or other broadcast on radio or television.
- (especially in the phrase "get with the program") A particular mindset or method of doing things.
- (music, computing) A custom tracklist.
- A leaflet listing information about a play, game or other activity.
- A set of structured activities; a plan of action.
- an announcement of the events that will occur as part of a theatrical or sporting event
- a radio or television show
- a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished
- a performance (or series of performances) at a public presentation
- an integrated course of academic studies
- a system of projects or services intended to meet a public need
- (computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute
- a document stating the aims and principles of a political party
verb
- (transitive) To cause to automatically behave in a particular way.
- (broadcasting) To schedule the programming; to determine what will be broadcast.
- (transitive) To put together the schedule of an event.
- (transitive) To enter a program or other instructions into (a computer or other electronic device) to instruct it to do a particular task.
- (transitive) To develop (software) by writing program code.
- arrange a program of or for
- write a computer program
noun
- (computing) The use of parallel methods in hardware or software, so that several tasks can be performed at the same time.
- The state of being in agreement or similarity; resemblance, correspondence, analogy.
- The state or condition of being parallel; agreement in direction, tendency, or character.
- (philosophy) The doctrine that matter and mind do not causally interact but that physiological events in the brain or body nonetheless occur simultaneously with matching events in the mind.
- (rhetoric, grammar) The juxtaposition of two or more identical or equivalent syntactic constructions, especially those expressing the same sentiment with slight modifications, introduced for rhetorical effect.
- (biology) Similarity of features between two species resulting from their having taken similar evolutionary paths following their initial divergence from a common ancestor.
- (law) In antitrust law, the practice of competitors of raising prices by roughly the same amount at roughly the same time, without engaging in a formal agreement to do so.
- A parallel position; the relation of parallels.
- similarity by virtue of corresponding
noun
- (computing) A software program that compresses code or data.
- (Australia) A packhorse.
- Clipping of meatpacker.
- (New Zealand) An object inserted to hold a space open for the purpose of alignment; a spacer or shim.
- A person whose business is to pack things; especially, one who packs food for preservation
- (LGBTQ) An artificial penis or similar object worn by a drag king, trans man, etc., inside the trousers.
- (US) A ring of packing or a special device to render gastight and watertight the space between the tubing and bore of an oil well.
- (Nigeria) A dustpan.
- a hiker who wears a backpack
- a wholesaler in the meat-packing business
- a workman employed to pack things into containers
noun
- (computing) Execution of a program or other software designed for a different system, by simulating parts of the other system.
- The endeavor or desire to equal or excel someone else in qualities or actions.
- ambition to equal or excel
- (computer science) technique of one machine obtaining the same results as another
- effort to equal or surpass another
noun
- (computing) A software program that measures the performance of different portions of another program in order to locate bottlenecks.
- A device that analyzes something and builds up a profile.
- A mechanical device that cuts complex, irregular shapes by tracing a pattern.
- A person who creates a profile for something or someone, especially a psychological profile for an unknown criminal.
noun
- (computing) A program for viewing and editing.
- (engineering) A tool holder, as for a lathe, shaped like a low turret, and capable of being revolved on a vertical pivot so as to bring several tools successively into position.
- Someone who watches over something; a person in charge of something or someone.
- A device that detects and informs on the presence, quantity, etc., of something.
- A monitor nozzle.
- A monitor lizard (Varanus spp. and extinct relatives in family Varanidae).
- (computing) A device similar to a television set used as to give a graphical display of the output from a computer.
- A studio monitor or loudspeaker.
- (nautical) A relatively small armored warship with only one or two turrets (but often carrying unusually large guns for a warship of its size), usually designed for shore bombardment or riverine warfare rather than open-ocean combat.
- someone who supervises (an examination)
- electronic equipment that is used to check the quality or content of electronic transmissions
- display produced by a device that takes signals and displays them on a television screen or a computer monitor
- a piece of electronic equipment that keeps track of the operation of a system continuously and warns of trouble
- someone who gives a warning so that a mistake can be avoided
- any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa and Asia and Australia; fabled to warn of crocodiles
verb
noun
- (computing) A software component designed to support the execution of computer programs.
- (computing) The amount of time during which a program is executing.
- (computing) The stage during which a program is executing.
- (media) The length of a film, television program or audio track in minutes, usually with end credits included
noun
- (computing) A software program designed to perform a single task or a small range of tasks, often to help manage and tune computer hardware, an operating system, or application software.
- (economics) The ability of a commodity to satisfy needs or wants; the satisfaction experienced by the consumer of that commodity.
- The state or condition of being useful; usefulness.
- (sports) The ability to play multiple positions.
- Something that is useful.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A coupé utility, or ute; an automobile with an open tray or bed behind the passenger cabin.
- (philosophy) Well-being, satisfaction, pleasure, or happiness.
- (business, finance, by extension) A natural or legal monopoly distributer of such a utility; or, the securities of such a provider.
- (computing) A software program other than a game; one that is useful or creative rather than merely entertaining.
- (business) A commodity or service provided on a continuous basis by a physical infrastructure network, such as electricity, water supply or sewerage.
- a company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation
- (economics) a measure that is to be maximized in any situation involving choice
- (computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer
- the service (electric power or water or transportation) provided by a public utility
- the quality of being of practical use
- a facility composed of one or more pieces of equipment connected to or part of a structure and designed to provide a service such as heat or electricity or water or sewage disposal
adj
- Having to do with, or owned by, a service provider.
- Functional rather than attractive.
- (Of a building or its components) containing or intended for any of a building’s often-utility-related commodity transport, such as pipes or wires, or converting equipment, such as furnaces, water tanks or heaters, circuit breakers, central air conditioning units, laundry facilities, etc.
- capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team
- used of beef; usable but inferior
verb
- (computing, transitive) To make available to other parts of a program, or to other programs.
- (transitive) To reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce (to).
- (transitive) To abandon, especially an unwanted baby in the wilderness.
- (transitive) To subject photographic film to light thereby recording an image.
- To submit to an active (mostly dangerous) substance like an allergen, ozone, nicotine, solvent, or to any other stress, in order to test the reaction, resistance, etc.
- make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- expose to light, of photographic film
- expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas
- abandon by leaving out in the open air
- put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
- expose or make accessible to some action or influence
- to show, make visible or apparent
- remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body
- reveal to view as by removing a cover
noun
noun
- (computing) A computer program that monitors something.
- (computing) A musician who writes music in a tracker.
- (US politics) A person employed to follow and monitor a political rival.
- (file sharing) Server software that coordinates peers in the BitTorrent protocol.
- In an organ, a light strip of wood connecting (in path) a key and a pallet, to communicate motion by pulling.
- Agent noun of track; one who, or that which, tracks or pursues, as a man or dog that follows game.
- (finance) A tracker mortgage.
- (Australia) An Indigenous Australian employed by the law to track down fugitives and missing persons.
- (computing) A type of computer software for composing music by aligning notes or samples on parallel timelines.
- someone who tracks down game
noun
- (computing) A computer dedicated to running such programs.
- (computing) A program that provides services to other programs or devices, either in the same computer or over a computer network.
- A waitress or waiter.
- A tray for dishes.
- (tennis, volleyball) The player who serves the ball.
- (Christianity) A priest's attendant at the celebration of the Eucharist.
- A spoon for serving food.
- (social media) A community space where only those who joined it can communicate in channels.
- (computer science) a computer that provides client stations with access to files and printers as shared resources to a computer network
- (court games) the player who serves to start a point
- utensil used in serving food or drink
- a person whose occupation is to serve at table (as in a restaurant)
noun
- (computing) A device or program that transcribes data.
- A person who transcribes; a transcriptionist.
- a person who translates written messages from one language to another
- a musician who adapts a composition for particular voices or instruments or for another style of performance
- someone who rewrites in a different script
- someone who makes a written version of spoken material
- someone who represents the sounds of speech in phonetic notation
noun
- a software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer
- (computing) A program which can covertly transmit itself between computers via networks (especially the Internet) or removable storage such as disks and USB drives, often causing damage to systems and data.
noun
- a software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer
- (virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts; many are pathogenic; a piece of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a thin coat of protein
- a harmful or corrupting agency
- A submicroscopic, non-cellular structure that consists of a core of DNA or RNA surrounded by a protein coat, that requires a living host cell to replicate, and that sometimes causes disease in the host organism (such agents are often classed as nonliving infectious particles and less often as microorganisms).
- (uncountable) A quantity of such infectious agents, considered en masse.
- A species thereof.
- (figurative) Any malicious or dangerous entity that spreads from one place or person to another.
- (occasionally proscribed) An individual particle thereof: synonym of virion.
- (computing) A type of malware which can covertly transmit itself between computers via networks (especially the Internet) or removable storage such as disks, often causing damage to systems and data; also computer virus.
- (informal, metonymic) A disease caused by such an infectious agent; a viral illness.
- (computing, proscribed) Any type of malware.
verb
noun
- (computing) A program that has been adapted, modified, or recoded so that it works on a different platform; the act of this adapting.
- (also networking) A number that delimits a connection for specific processes or parts of a network service.
- (nautical, aviation, uncountable) The left-hand side of a vessel, including aircraft, when one is facing the front. Used to unambiguously refer to directions relative to the vessel structure, rather than to a person or object on board.
- (military) The position of a weapon when ported; a rifle position executed by throwing the weapon diagonally across the front of the body, with the right hand grasping the small of the stock and the barrel sloping upward and crossing the point of the left shoulder.
- (informal) The portfolio of a model or artist.
- (Queensland) A suitcase or schoolbag.
- (bowls, curling) A narrow opening between other players' bowls or stones wide enough for a delivered bowl or stone to pass through.
- (rowing) A sweep rower that primarily rows with an oar on the port side.
- An opening with a valve seat such that a valve can control the flow of fluid through the opening.
- (now Scotland, historical) An entryway or gate.
- A place on the coast at which ships can shelter, or dock to load and unload cargo or passengers.
- A female connector of an electronic device, into which a cable's male connector can be inserted.
- (computing, BSD) A set of files used to build and install a binary executable file from the source code of an application.
- An opening where a connection (such as with a pipe) is made.
- Something used to carry a thing, especially a frame for wicks in candle-making.
- A type of very sweet fortified wine, mostly dark red, traditionally made in Portugal.
- A town or city containing such a place, a port city.
- (medicine) A small medical appliance installed beneath the skin, connected to a vein by a catheter, and used to inject drugs or to draw blood samples.
- An opening or doorway in the side of a ship, especially for boarding or loading; an embrasure through which a cannon may be discharged; a porthole.
- A logical or physical construct in and from which data are transferred. Computer port on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- the left side of a ship or aircraft to someone who is aboard and facing the bow or nose
- a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country
- an opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through
- (computer science) computer circuit consisting of the hardware and associated circuitry that links one device with another (especially a computer and a hard disk drive or other peripherals)
- sweet dark-red dessert wine originally from Portugal
adj
verb
- (transitive) To carry, bear, bring, or transport. See porter.
- (transitive, computing, video games) To adapt, modify, or recode to work on a different platform.
- (ergative, telephony) To carry or transfer (an existing telephone number) from one service provider to another.
- (transitive, military) To hold or carry (a weapon) with both hands so that it lies diagonally across the front of the body, with the barrel or similar part near the left shoulder and the right hand grasping the small of the stock; or, to throw (the weapon) into this position on command.
- (nautical, transitive, chiefly imperative) To turn or put to the left or larboard side of a ship; said of the helm.
- (US, government and law) To transfer a voucher or subsidy from one jurisdiction to another.
- (nautical) To dock at a port.
- land at or reach a port
- drink port
- turn or go to the port or left side, of a ship
- bring to port
- carry or hold with both hands diagonally across the body, especially of weapons
- carry, bear, convey, or bring
- put or turn on the left side, of a ship
- modify (software) for use on a different machine or platform
noun
verb
adj
noun
- (by extension, computing) The dynamic analysis of a program's performance and behaviour, usually by injecting profiling code into it.
- Monitoring gauges for any machine, such as a reactor.
- The arrangement of a musical composition for performance by a number of different instruments; instrumental composition; composition for an orchestra or military band.
- The act of using or adapting as an instrument; a series or combination of instruments.
- (automotive) On a vehicle, dashboard gauges monitoring engine functions and performance, along with other essential functions.
- The act or manner of playing upon musical instruments; performance.
- the act of arranging a piece of music for an orchestra and assigning parts to the different musical instruments
- an artifact (that is instrumental in accomplishing some end) for accomplishing some end
- the act of providing or using the instruments needed for some implementation
- the instruments called for in a musical score or arrangement for a band or orchestra
noun
- (computing) A software tool for designing things.
- A person who designs something, or who designs things as a profession.
- A plotter or schemer.
- a person who specializes in interior design
- someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings)
- someone who designs clothing
- a person who devises plots or intrigues
- someone who specializes in graphic design
adj
adj
- (programming) Involving reflection.
- (programming) By means of reflection.
- (grammar) Reciprocal.
- That reflects, or redirects back to the source.
- Pondering, especially thinking back on the past.
- That reveals or shows; revealing; indicative of.
- capable of physically reflecting light or sound
- devoted to matters of the mind
- deeply or seriously thoughtful
noun
- (computing) A piece of software designed to perform a task (often a minor but repetitive one) automatically or on command, especially when operating with the appearance of a (human) user profile or account.
- The larva of a botfly, which infests the skin of various mammals, producing warbles, or the nasal passage of sheep, or the stomach of horses.
- (Internet slang, often derogatory) A person with no ability to think for themselves; (by extension) an unintelligent or contemptible person.
- (British, slang) The bottom or backside.
- (video games) A computer-controlled character in a video game, especially a multiplayer one.
- (video games, slang, derogatory) A supremely unskilled player.
- (science fiction, informal) A physical robot.
- botfly larva; typically develops inside the body of a horse or sheep or human
verb
noun
- (programming) A bit, token, fragment of code, or some other mechanism which is used to restrict access to a shared function or device to a single process at a time, or to synchronize and coordinate events in different processes.
- Any equipment used for visual signalling by means of flags, lights, or mechanically moving arms, which are used to represent letters of the alphabet, or words.
- A visual system for transmitting information using the above equipment; especially, by means of two flags held one in each hand, using an alphabetic and numeric code based on the position of the signaller's arms; flag semaphore.
- an apparatus for visual signaling with lights or mechanically moving arms
verb
noun
- (computing) A brief and simple program.
- (linguistics) A system of writing adapted to a particular language or set of languages.
- (psychology) Ellipsis of behavioral script, a sequence of actions in a given situation.
- (countable, law) An original instrument or document.
- (countable) The written document containing the dialogue and action for a drama; the text of a stage play, movie, or other performance. Especially, the final form used for the performance itself.
- (countable) A writing; a written document.
- (informal) Clipping of prescription (for drugs or medicine).
- (typography) Type made in imitation of handwriting.
- Written characters; style of writing.
- (computing) A file containing a list of user commands, allowing them to be invoked once to execute in sequence.
- a particular orthography or writing system
- a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance
- something written by hand
verb
noun
- Software that allows the user to create a certain kind of (often automated) output.
- (rare, bodybuilding) Clipping of bodybuilder.
- One who builds or constructs things.
- (trading) Master artisan, who receives his instructions from the architect, and employs workers.
- a substance added to soaps or detergents to increase their cleansing action
- someone who contracts for and supervises construction (as of a building)
- a person who creates a business or who organizes and develops a country
noun
- (computing) A program or process that scrapes data, such as a screen-scraper.
- One who scrapes horns.
- An instrument drawn by oxen, horses or a tractor, similar to a plow, that is used for scraping up earth in making or repairing roads, digging cellars, building canals, etc.
- Clipping of bellyscraper.
- One who plays a violin incompetently, producing cacophonous sounds.
- An instrument having two or three sharp sides or edges for cleaning the planks, masts, or decks of a ship.
- One who acquires avariciously and saves penuriously.
- In the printing press, a board or blade, the edge of which is made to rub over the tympan sheet, thus producing an impression.
- (slang, Bay Area) A modified automobile, typically with oversized wheelrims.
- A hoe.
- A freshwater fish of the carp family, genus Capoeta.
- A tool used by engravers.
- An instrument by which the soles of shoes are cleaned from mud by drawing them across it.
- (archaeology) A prehistoric unifacial tool thought to have been used for hideworking and woodworking.
- any of various hand tools for scraping
noun
- (programming) A software mechanism that automatically locates and loads classes etc. as required at run time.
- (military) A mechanical device that loads ordnance into weapons such as tanks and artillery that would otherwise be loaded by a dedicated crew.
- (firearms) A semi-automatic firearm.
- (computing) A mechanical device that automatically loads storage media (such as tapes or disks) into the device that can read them.
- a firearm that reloads itself
adj
- (computing) Relating to a form of parallel processing algorithm given advance information about the problem.
- Able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses.
- Of, relating to, or having clairvoyance.
- Able to foresee the future.
- Having great insight; sagacious.
- foreseeing the future
- perceiving things beyond the natural range of the senses
noun
noun
- (computing) A designated portion of a disk, usually set up to mirror some of the contents.
- Clipping of multiplex.
- (Canada) A building, such as a duplex or triplex, with a number of apartments (typically two to four) that all open directly to the outside.
- (computing) A tree-like structure in which each child can have multiple parents.
verb
- (transitive, computing) To apply the shadowing process to (the contents of ROM).
- (transitive) To shade, cloud, or darken.
- (transitive, intransitive) To accompany (a professional) during the working day, so as to learn about an occupation one intends to take up.
- (transitive) To block light or radio transmission from.
- (particularly espionage) To secretly or discreetly track or follow another, to keep under surveillance.
- (transitive) To represent faintly and imperfectly.
- (transitive) To hide; to conceal.
- (transitive, programming) To make (an identifier, usually a variable) inaccessible by declaring another of the same name within the scope of the first.
- make appear small by comparison
- follow, usually without the person's knowledge
- cast a shadow over
adj
noun
- (UK, law enforcement) A trainee, assigned to work with an experienced officer.
- A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object.
- A spirit; a ghost; a shade.
- (Jungian psychology) An unconscious aspect of the personality.
- (typography) A drop shadow effect applied to lettering in word processors etc.
- Relative darkness, especially as caused by the interruption of light; gloom; obscurity.
- An imperfect and faint representation.
- An inseparable companion.
- (figurative) That which looms as though a shadow.
- One who secretly or furtively follows another.
- An influence, especially a pervasive or a negative one.
- (chiefly in the negative) A small degree; a shade.
- An area protected by an obstacle (likened to an object blocking out sunlight).
- refuge from danger or observation
- something existing in perception only
- an inseparable companion
- an unilluminated area
- shade within clear boundaries
- a premonition of something adverse
- a dominating and pervasive presence
- a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements
- an indication that something has been present
verb
- (computing) To write software programs.
- To categorise by assigning identifiers from a schedule, for example CPT coding for medical insurance purposes.
- (transitive) To add codes to (a data set).
- (cryptography) To encode.
- (informal, healthcare) To call a hospital emergency code.
- (genetics, intransitive) To encode a protein.
- (informal, healthcare) Of a patient, to suffer a sudden medical emergency (a code blue) such as cardiac arrest.
- attach a code to
- convert ordinary language into code
noun
- By synecdoche: a codeword, code point, an encoded representation of a character, symbol, or other entity.
- A short textual designation, often with little relation to the item it represents.
- Any system of principles, rules or regulations relating to one subject.
- Alternative form of cod.
- (cryptography) A cryptographic system using a codebook that converts words or phrases into codewords.
- A message represented by rules intended to conceal its meaning.
- (scientific programming) A program.
- (linguistics) A particular lect or language variety.
- A body of law, sanctioned by legislation, in which the rules of law to be specifically applied by the courts are set forth in systematic form; a compilation of laws by public authority; a digest.
- (programming, uncountable) Instructions for a computer, written in a programming language; the input of a translator, an interpreter or a browser, namely: source code, machine code, bytecode.
- A set of rules for converting information into another form or representation.
- (medicine) An emergency requiring situation-trained members of the staff.
- (informal) A set of unwritten rules that bind a social group.
- (computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions
- a set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones)
- a coding system used for transmitting messages requiring brevity or secrecy
- a series of letters, numbers or symbols assigned to something for the purpose of classification or identification
noun
- a software program capable of reproducing itself that can spread from one computer to the next over a network
- any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae
- a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect
- screw thread on a gear with the teeth of a worm wheel or rack
- (informal or poetic, loosely) A maggot or any other insect larva with similar shape and behavior.
- Anything helical, especially the thread of a screw.
- A short revolving screw whose threads drive, or are driven by, a worm wheel or rack by gearing into its teeth.
- A generally tubular invertebrate of the annelid phylum; an earthworm.
- (anatomy) A muscular band in the tongue of some animals, such as dogs; the lytta.
- The condensing tube of a still, often curved and wound to save space.
- More loosely, any of various tubular invertebrates resembling annelids but not closely related to them, such as velvet worms, acorn worms, flatworms, or roundworms.
- (figuratively) An internal tormentor; something that gnaws or afflicts one’s mind with remorse.
- (anatomy) The lytta.
- A contemptible or devious being.
- (cricket) A graphical representation of the total runs scored across a number of overs.
- (preceded by definite article) A dance, or dance move, in which the dancer lies on the floor and undulates the body horizontally thereby moving forwards.
- (computing) A self-replicating program that propagates through a network, differing from a virus in usually lacking any destructive effects.
- The spiral wire of a corkscrew.
- A spiral instrument or screw, often like a double corkscrew, used for drawing balls from firearms.
- (mathematics) A strip of linked tiles sharing parallel edges in a tiling.
verb
- to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)
- (intransitive, figuratively) To work one's way by artful or devious means.
- (intransitive) To move with one's body dragging the ground.
- (transitive, figuratively, in “worm out of”) To drag out of, to get information that someone is reluctant or unwilling to give (through artful or devious means or by pleading or asking repeatedly).
- (transitive) To make (one's way) with a crawling motion.
- (transitive) To deworm (an animal).
- (transitive, nautical) To fill in the contlines of (a rope) before parcelling and serving.
- (often followed by out) To effect, remove, drive, draw, or the like, by slow and secret means.
- (transitive) To cut the worm, or lytta, from under the tongue of (a dog, etc.) for the purpose of checking a disposition to gnaw, and formerly supposed to guard against canine madness.
- (transitive) To clean by means of a worm; to draw a wad or cartridge from, as a firearm.
- (transitive, figuratively) To work (one's way or oneself) (into) gradually or slowly; to insinuate.
noun
- (programming) A collection of software routines that provide functionality to be incorporated into or used by a computer program.
- A room dedicated to storing books.
- (card games, Magic: The Gathering) The deck or draw pile.
- A collection of books or other forms of stored information.
- An institution which holds books and/or other forms of media for use by the public or qualified people often lending them out, as well as providing various other services for its users.
- An equivalent collection of analogous information in a non-printed form, e.g. record library.
- (by extension) Any institution that lends out its goods for use by the public or a community.
- (genetics) A collection of DNA material from a single organism or relative to a single disease.
- a building that houses a collection of books and other materials
- a room where books are kept
- (computing) a collection of standard programs and subroutines that are stored and available for immediate use
- a depository built to contain books and other materials for reading and study
- a collection of literary documents or records kept for reference or borrowing
noun
- (computing) A technology that handles access to computer files containing source code so that several users can work on the files without interfering with each other's changes.
- (medicine) Measures applied to the source of an infection to reduce further contamination and spread.
- (epidemiology, public health) Measures applied to potentially-infected people that reduce their chances of infecting others.
noun
- (computing) A component of a computer program that prepares the computer to execute a routine.
- One who delivers a prologue.
- A speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel.
- (cycling) An individual time trial before a stage race, used to determine which rider wears the leader's jersey on the first stage.
- (Eastern Orthodoxy) A liturgical book containing daily readings, including hagiography.
- an introduction to a play
verb
noun
- (computing) A program that prepares other programs for execution.
- Agent noun of load; a person or device that loads.
- A tractor with a scoop, for example: front-end loader, front loader, endloader, payloader, bucket loader, tracked loader, wheel loader, etc.
- (marketing) An incentive given to a dealer.
- Ellipsis of backhoe loader
- a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port
- an attendant who loads guns for someone shooting game
noun
- (computing) A computer program.
- (politics) A set of principal goals which someone, especially a political party or candidate, supports.
- (broadcasting) A performance of a show or other broadcast on radio or television.
- (especially in the phrase "get with the program") A particular mindset or method of doing things.
- (music, computing) A custom tracklist.
- A leaflet listing information about a play, game or other activity.
- A set of structured activities; a plan of action.
- an announcement of the events that will occur as part of a theatrical or sporting event
- a radio or television show
- a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished
- a performance (or series of performances) at a public presentation
- an integrated course of academic studies
- a system of projects or services intended to meet a public need
- (computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute
- a document stating the aims and principles of a political party
verb
- (transitive) To cause to automatically behave in a particular way.
- (broadcasting) To schedule the programming; to determine what will be broadcast.
- (transitive) To put together the schedule of an event.
- (transitive) To enter a program or other instructions into (a computer or other electronic device) to instruct it to do a particular task.
- (transitive) To develop (software) by writing program code.
- arrange a program of or for
- write a computer program
noun
- (computing) The use of parallel methods in hardware or software, so that several tasks can be performed at the same time.
- The state of being in agreement or similarity; resemblance, correspondence, analogy.
- The state or condition of being parallel; agreement in direction, tendency, or character.
- (philosophy) The doctrine that matter and mind do not causally interact but that physiological events in the brain or body nonetheless occur simultaneously with matching events in the mind.
- (rhetoric, grammar) The juxtaposition of two or more identical or equivalent syntactic constructions, especially those expressing the same sentiment with slight modifications, introduced for rhetorical effect.
- (biology) Similarity of features between two species resulting from their having taken similar evolutionary paths following their initial divergence from a common ancestor.
- (law) In antitrust law, the practice of competitors of raising prices by roughly the same amount at roughly the same time, without engaging in a formal agreement to do so.
- A parallel position; the relation of parallels.
- similarity by virtue of corresponding
noun
- (computing) A software program that compresses code or data.
- (Australia) A packhorse.
- Clipping of meatpacker.
- (New Zealand) An object inserted to hold a space open for the purpose of alignment; a spacer or shim.
- A person whose business is to pack things; especially, one who packs food for preservation
- (LGBTQ) An artificial penis or similar object worn by a drag king, trans man, etc., inside the trousers.
- (US) A ring of packing or a special device to render gastight and watertight the space between the tubing and bore of an oil well.
- (Nigeria) A dustpan.
- a hiker who wears a backpack
- a wholesaler in the meat-packing business
- a workman employed to pack things into containers
noun
- (computing) Execution of a program or other software designed for a different system, by simulating parts of the other system.
- The endeavor or desire to equal or excel someone else in qualities or actions.
- ambition to equal or excel
- (computer science) technique of one machine obtaining the same results as another
- effort to equal or surpass another
noun
- (computing) A software program that measures the performance of different portions of another program in order to locate bottlenecks.
- A device that analyzes something and builds up a profile.
- A mechanical device that cuts complex, irregular shapes by tracing a pattern.
- A person who creates a profile for something or someone, especially a psychological profile for an unknown criminal.
noun
- (computing) A program for viewing and editing.
- (engineering) A tool holder, as for a lathe, shaped like a low turret, and capable of being revolved on a vertical pivot so as to bring several tools successively into position.
- Someone who watches over something; a person in charge of something or someone.
- A device that detects and informs on the presence, quantity, etc., of something.
- A monitor nozzle.
- A monitor lizard (Varanus spp. and extinct relatives in family Varanidae).
- (computing) A device similar to a television set used as to give a graphical display of the output from a computer.
- A studio monitor or loudspeaker.
- (nautical) A relatively small armored warship with only one or two turrets (but often carrying unusually large guns for a warship of its size), usually designed for shore bombardment or riverine warfare rather than open-ocean combat.
- someone who supervises (an examination)
- electronic equipment that is used to check the quality or content of electronic transmissions
- display produced by a device that takes signals and displays them on a television screen or a computer monitor
- a piece of electronic equipment that keeps track of the operation of a system continuously and warns of trouble
- someone who gives a warning so that a mistake can be avoided
- any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa and Asia and Australia; fabled to warn of crocodiles
verb
noun
- (computing) A software component designed to support the execution of computer programs.
- (computing) The amount of time during which a program is executing.
- (computing) The stage during which a program is executing.
- (media) The length of a film, television program or audio track in minutes, usually with end credits included
noun
- (computing) A software program designed to perform a single task or a small range of tasks, often to help manage and tune computer hardware, an operating system, or application software.
- (economics) The ability of a commodity to satisfy needs or wants; the satisfaction experienced by the consumer of that commodity.
- The state or condition of being useful; usefulness.
- (sports) The ability to play multiple positions.
- Something that is useful.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A coupé utility, or ute; an automobile with an open tray or bed behind the passenger cabin.
- (philosophy) Well-being, satisfaction, pleasure, or happiness.
- (business, finance, by extension) A natural or legal monopoly distributer of such a utility; or, the securities of such a provider.
- (computing) A software program other than a game; one that is useful or creative rather than merely entertaining.
- (business) A commodity or service provided on a continuous basis by a physical infrastructure network, such as electricity, water supply or sewerage.
- a company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation
- (economics) a measure that is to be maximized in any situation involving choice
- (computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer
- the service (electric power or water or transportation) provided by a public utility
- the quality of being of practical use
- a facility composed of one or more pieces of equipment connected to or part of a structure and designed to provide a service such as heat or electricity or water or sewage disposal
adj
- Having to do with, or owned by, a service provider.
- Functional rather than attractive.
- (Of a building or its components) containing or intended for any of a building’s often-utility-related commodity transport, such as pipes or wires, or converting equipment, such as furnaces, water tanks or heaters, circuit breakers, central air conditioning units, laundry facilities, etc.
- capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team
- used of beef; usable but inferior
noun
- (computing) A computer program that monitors something.
- (computing) A musician who writes music in a tracker.
- (US politics) A person employed to follow and monitor a political rival.
- (file sharing) Server software that coordinates peers in the BitTorrent protocol.
- In an organ, a light strip of wood connecting (in path) a key and a pallet, to communicate motion by pulling.
- Agent noun of track; one who, or that which, tracks or pursues, as a man or dog that follows game.
- (finance) A tracker mortgage.
- (Australia) An Indigenous Australian employed by the law to track down fugitives and missing persons.
- (computing) A type of computer software for composing music by aligning notes or samples on parallel timelines.
- someone who tracks down game
noun
- (computing) A computer dedicated to running such programs.
- (computing) A program that provides services to other programs or devices, either in the same computer or over a computer network.
- A waitress or waiter.
- A tray for dishes.
- (tennis, volleyball) The player who serves the ball.
- (Christianity) A priest's attendant at the celebration of the Eucharist.
- A spoon for serving food.
- (social media) A community space where only those who joined it can communicate in channels.
- (computer science) a computer that provides client stations with access to files and printers as shared resources to a computer network
- (court games) the player who serves to start a point
- utensil used in serving food or drink
- a person whose occupation is to serve at table (as in a restaurant)
noun
- (computing) A device or program that transcribes data.
- A person who transcribes; a transcriptionist.
- a person who translates written messages from one language to another
- a musician who adapts a composition for particular voices or instruments or for another style of performance
- someone who rewrites in a different script
- someone who makes a written version of spoken material
- someone who represents the sounds of speech in phonetic notation
noun
- a software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer
- (computing) A program which can covertly transmit itself between computers via networks (especially the Internet) or removable storage such as disks and USB drives, often causing damage to systems and data.
noun
- a software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer
- (virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts; many are pathogenic; a piece of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a thin coat of protein
- a harmful or corrupting agency
- A submicroscopic, non-cellular structure that consists of a core of DNA or RNA surrounded by a protein coat, that requires a living host cell to replicate, and that sometimes causes disease in the host organism (such agents are often classed as nonliving infectious particles and less often as microorganisms).
- (uncountable) A quantity of such infectious agents, considered en masse.
- A species thereof.
- (figurative) Any malicious or dangerous entity that spreads from one place or person to another.
- (occasionally proscribed) An individual particle thereof: synonym of virion.
- (computing) A type of malware which can covertly transmit itself between computers via networks (especially the Internet) or removable storage such as disks, often causing damage to systems and data; also computer virus.
- (informal, metonymic) A disease caused by such an infectious agent; a viral illness.
- (computing, proscribed) Any type of malware.
verb
noun
- (computing) A program that has been adapted, modified, or recoded so that it works on a different platform; the act of this adapting.
- (also networking) A number that delimits a connection for specific processes or parts of a network service.
- (nautical, aviation, uncountable) The left-hand side of a vessel, including aircraft, when one is facing the front. Used to unambiguously refer to directions relative to the vessel structure, rather than to a person or object on board.
- (military) The position of a weapon when ported; a rifle position executed by throwing the weapon diagonally across the front of the body, with the right hand grasping the small of the stock and the barrel sloping upward and crossing the point of the left shoulder.
- (informal) The portfolio of a model or artist.
- (Queensland) A suitcase or schoolbag.
- (bowls, curling) A narrow opening between other players' bowls or stones wide enough for a delivered bowl or stone to pass through.
- (rowing) A sweep rower that primarily rows with an oar on the port side.
- An opening with a valve seat such that a valve can control the flow of fluid through the opening.
- (now Scotland, historical) An entryway or gate.
- A place on the coast at which ships can shelter, or dock to load and unload cargo or passengers.
- A female connector of an electronic device, into which a cable's male connector can be inserted.
- (computing, BSD) A set of files used to build and install a binary executable file from the source code of an application.
- An opening where a connection (such as with a pipe) is made.
- Something used to carry a thing, especially a frame for wicks in candle-making.
- A type of very sweet fortified wine, mostly dark red, traditionally made in Portugal.
- A town or city containing such a place, a port city.
- (medicine) A small medical appliance installed beneath the skin, connected to a vein by a catheter, and used to inject drugs or to draw blood samples.
- An opening or doorway in the side of a ship, especially for boarding or loading; an embrasure through which a cannon may be discharged; a porthole.
- A logical or physical construct in and from which data are transferred. Computer port on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- the left side of a ship or aircraft to someone who is aboard and facing the bow or nose
- a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country
- an opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through
- (computer science) computer circuit consisting of the hardware and associated circuitry that links one device with another (especially a computer and a hard disk drive or other peripherals)
- sweet dark-red dessert wine originally from Portugal
adj
verb
- (transitive) To carry, bear, bring, or transport. See porter.
- (transitive, computing, video games) To adapt, modify, or recode to work on a different platform.
- (ergative, telephony) To carry or transfer (an existing telephone number) from one service provider to another.
- (transitive, military) To hold or carry (a weapon) with both hands so that it lies diagonally across the front of the body, with the barrel or similar part near the left shoulder and the right hand grasping the small of the stock; or, to throw (the weapon) into this position on command.
- (nautical, transitive, chiefly imperative) To turn or put to the left or larboard side of a ship; said of the helm.
- (US, government and law) To transfer a voucher or subsidy from one jurisdiction to another.
- (nautical) To dock at a port.
- land at or reach a port
- drink port
- turn or go to the port or left side, of a ship
- bring to port
- carry or hold with both hands diagonally across the body, especially of weapons
- carry, bear, convey, or bring
- put or turn on the left side, of a ship
- modify (software) for use on a different machine or platform
noun
verb
adj
noun
- (by extension, computing) The dynamic analysis of a program's performance and behaviour, usually by injecting profiling code into it.
- Monitoring gauges for any machine, such as a reactor.
- The arrangement of a musical composition for performance by a number of different instruments; instrumental composition; composition for an orchestra or military band.
- The act of using or adapting as an instrument; a series or combination of instruments.
- (automotive) On a vehicle, dashboard gauges monitoring engine functions and performance, along with other essential functions.
- The act or manner of playing upon musical instruments; performance.
- the act of arranging a piece of music for an orchestra and assigning parts to the different musical instruments
- an artifact (that is instrumental in accomplishing some end) for accomplishing some end
- the act of providing or using the instruments needed for some implementation
- the instruments called for in a musical score or arrangement for a band or orchestra
noun
- (computing) A software tool for designing things.
- A person who designs something, or who designs things as a profession.
- A plotter or schemer.
- a person who specializes in interior design
- someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings)
- someone who designs clothing
- a person who devises plots or intrigues
- someone who specializes in graphic design
adj
noun
- (computing) A piece of software designed to perform a task (often a minor but repetitive one) automatically or on command, especially when operating with the appearance of a (human) user profile or account.
- The larva of a botfly, which infests the skin of various mammals, producing warbles, or the nasal passage of sheep, or the stomach of horses.
- (Internet slang, often derogatory) A person with no ability to think for themselves; (by extension) an unintelligent or contemptible person.
- (British, slang) The bottom or backside.
- (video games) A computer-controlled character in a video game, especially a multiplayer one.
- (video games, slang, derogatory) A supremely unskilled player.
- (science fiction, informal) A physical robot.
- botfly larva; typically develops inside the body of a horse or sheep or human
verb
noun
- (programming) A bit, token, fragment of code, or some other mechanism which is used to restrict access to a shared function or device to a single process at a time, or to synchronize and coordinate events in different processes.
- Any equipment used for visual signalling by means of flags, lights, or mechanically moving arms, which are used to represent letters of the alphabet, or words.
- A visual system for transmitting information using the above equipment; especially, by means of two flags held one in each hand, using an alphabetic and numeric code based on the position of the signaller's arms; flag semaphore.
- an apparatus for visual signaling with lights or mechanically moving arms
verb
noun
- (computing) A brief and simple program.
- (linguistics) A system of writing adapted to a particular language or set of languages.
- (psychology) Ellipsis of behavioral script, a sequence of actions in a given situation.
- (countable, law) An original instrument or document.
- (countable) The written document containing the dialogue and action for a drama; the text of a stage play, movie, or other performance. Especially, the final form used for the performance itself.
- (countable) A writing; a written document.
- (informal) Clipping of prescription (for drugs or medicine).
- (typography) Type made in imitation of handwriting.
- Written characters; style of writing.
- (computing) A file containing a list of user commands, allowing them to be invoked once to execute in sequence.
- a particular orthography or writing system
- a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance
- something written by hand
verb
noun
- Software that allows the user to create a certain kind of (often automated) output.
- (rare, bodybuilding) Clipping of bodybuilder.
- One who builds or constructs things.
- (trading) Master artisan, who receives his instructions from the architect, and employs workers.
- a substance added to soaps or detergents to increase their cleansing action
- someone who contracts for and supervises construction (as of a building)
- a person who creates a business or who organizes and develops a country
noun
- (computing) A program or process that scrapes data, such as a screen-scraper.
- One who scrapes horns.
- An instrument drawn by oxen, horses or a tractor, similar to a plow, that is used for scraping up earth in making or repairing roads, digging cellars, building canals, etc.
- Clipping of bellyscraper.
- One who plays a violin incompetently, producing cacophonous sounds.
- An instrument having two or three sharp sides or edges for cleaning the planks, masts, or decks of a ship.
- One who acquires avariciously and saves penuriously.
- In the printing press, a board or blade, the edge of which is made to rub over the tympan sheet, thus producing an impression.
- (slang, Bay Area) A modified automobile, typically with oversized wheelrims.
- A hoe.
- A freshwater fish of the carp family, genus Capoeta.
- A tool used by engravers.
- An instrument by which the soles of shoes are cleaned from mud by drawing them across it.
- (archaeology) A prehistoric unifacial tool thought to have been used for hideworking and woodworking.
- any of various hand tools for scraping
noun
- (programming) A software mechanism that automatically locates and loads classes etc. as required at run time.
- (military) A mechanical device that loads ordnance into weapons such as tanks and artillery that would otherwise be loaded by a dedicated crew.
- (firearms) A semi-automatic firearm.
- (computing) A mechanical device that automatically loads storage media (such as tapes or disks) into the device that can read them.
- a firearm that reloads itself
noun
- (computing) A designated portion of a disk, usually set up to mirror some of the contents.
- Clipping of multiplex.
- (Canada) A building, such as a duplex or triplex, with a number of apartments (typically two to four) that all open directly to the outside.
- (computing) A tree-like structure in which each child can have multiple parents.
noun
- a software program capable of reproducing itself that can spread from one computer to the next over a network
- any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae
- a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect
- screw thread on a gear with the teeth of a worm wheel or rack
- (informal or poetic, loosely) A maggot or any other insect larva with similar shape and behavior.
- Anything helical, especially the thread of a screw.
- A short revolving screw whose threads drive, or are driven by, a worm wheel or rack by gearing into its teeth.
- A generally tubular invertebrate of the annelid phylum; an earthworm.
- (anatomy) A muscular band in the tongue of some animals, such as dogs; the lytta.
- The condensing tube of a still, often curved and wound to save space.
- More loosely, any of various tubular invertebrates resembling annelids but not closely related to them, such as velvet worms, acorn worms, flatworms, or roundworms.
- (figuratively) An internal tormentor; something that gnaws or afflicts one’s mind with remorse.
- (anatomy) The lytta.
- A contemptible or devious being.
- (cricket) A graphical representation of the total runs scored across a number of overs.
- (preceded by definite article) A dance, or dance move, in which the dancer lies on the floor and undulates the body horizontally thereby moving forwards.
- (computing) A self-replicating program that propagates through a network, differing from a virus in usually lacking any destructive effects.
- The spiral wire of a corkscrew.
- A spiral instrument or screw, often like a double corkscrew, used for drawing balls from firearms.
- (mathematics) A strip of linked tiles sharing parallel edges in a tiling.
verb
- to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)
- (intransitive, figuratively) To work one's way by artful or devious means.
- (intransitive) To move with one's body dragging the ground.
- (transitive, figuratively, in “worm out of”) To drag out of, to get information that someone is reluctant or unwilling to give (through artful or devious means or by pleading or asking repeatedly).
- (transitive) To make (one's way) with a crawling motion.
- (transitive) To deworm (an animal).
- (transitive, nautical) To fill in the contlines of (a rope) before parcelling and serving.
- (often followed by out) To effect, remove, drive, draw, or the like, by slow and secret means.
- (transitive) To cut the worm, or lytta, from under the tongue of (a dog, etc.) for the purpose of checking a disposition to gnaw, and formerly supposed to guard against canine madness.
- (transitive) To clean by means of a worm; to draw a wad or cartridge from, as a firearm.
- (transitive, figuratively) To work (one's way or oneself) (into) gradually or slowly; to insinuate.
noun
- (programming) A collection of software routines that provide functionality to be incorporated into or used by a computer program.
- A room dedicated to storing books.
- (card games, Magic: The Gathering) The deck or draw pile.
- A collection of books or other forms of stored information.
- An institution which holds books and/or other forms of media for use by the public or qualified people often lending them out, as well as providing various other services for its users.
- An equivalent collection of analogous information in a non-printed form, e.g. record library.
- (by extension) Any institution that lends out its goods for use by the public or a community.
- (genetics) A collection of DNA material from a single organism or relative to a single disease.
- a building that houses a collection of books and other materials
- a room where books are kept
- (computing) a collection of standard programs and subroutines that are stored and available for immediate use
- a depository built to contain books and other materials for reading and study
- a collection of literary documents or records kept for reference or borrowing
noun
- (computing) A technology that handles access to computer files containing source code so that several users can work on the files without interfering with each other's changes.
- (medicine) Measures applied to the source of an infection to reduce further contamination and spread.
- (epidemiology, public health) Measures applied to potentially-infected people that reduce their chances of infecting others.
noun
- (computing) A component of a computer program that prepares the computer to execute a routine.
- One who delivers a prologue.
- A speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel.
- (cycling) An individual time trial before a stage race, used to determine which rider wears the leader's jersey on the first stage.
- (Eastern Orthodoxy) A liturgical book containing daily readings, including hagiography.
- an introduction to a play
verb
verb
- (computing) of a program or device: to imitate another program or device
- To copy or imitate, especially a person.
- strive to equal or match, especially by imitating
- compete with successfully; approach or reach equality with
- imitate the function of (another system), as by modifying the hardware or the software
verb
- (computing, transitive) To make available to other parts of a program, or to other programs.
- (transitive) To reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce (to).
- (transitive) To abandon, especially an unwanted baby in the wilderness.
- (transitive) To subject photographic film to light thereby recording an image.
- To submit to an active (mostly dangerous) substance like an allergen, ozone, nicotine, solvent, or to any other stress, in order to test the reaction, resistance, etc.
- make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- expose to light, of photographic film
- expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas
- abandon by leaving out in the open air
- put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
- expose or make accessible to some action or influence
- to show, make visible or apparent
- remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body
- reveal to view as by removing a cover
noun
verb
- (transitive, computing) To apply the shadowing process to (the contents of ROM).
- (transitive) To shade, cloud, or darken.
- (transitive, intransitive) To accompany (a professional) during the working day, so as to learn about an occupation one intends to take up.
- (transitive) To block light or radio transmission from.
- (particularly espionage) To secretly or discreetly track or follow another, to keep under surveillance.
- (transitive) To represent faintly and imperfectly.
- (transitive) To hide; to conceal.
- (transitive, programming) To make (an identifier, usually a variable) inaccessible by declaring another of the same name within the scope of the first.
- make appear small by comparison
- follow, usually without the person's knowledge
- cast a shadow over
adj
noun
- (UK, law enforcement) A trainee, assigned to work with an experienced officer.
- A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object.
- A spirit; a ghost; a shade.
- (Jungian psychology) An unconscious aspect of the personality.
- (typography) A drop shadow effect applied to lettering in word processors etc.
- Relative darkness, especially as caused by the interruption of light; gloom; obscurity.
- An imperfect and faint representation.
- An inseparable companion.
- (figurative) That which looms as though a shadow.
- One who secretly or furtively follows another.
- An influence, especially a pervasive or a negative one.
- (chiefly in the negative) A small degree; a shade.
- An area protected by an obstacle (likened to an object blocking out sunlight).
- refuge from danger or observation
- something existing in perception only
- an inseparable companion
- an unilluminated area
- shade within clear boundaries
- a premonition of something adverse
- a dominating and pervasive presence
- a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements
- an indication that something has been present
verb
- (computing) To write software programs.
- To categorise by assigning identifiers from a schedule, for example CPT coding for medical insurance purposes.
- (transitive) To add codes to (a data set).
- (cryptography) To encode.
- (informal, healthcare) To call a hospital emergency code.
- (genetics, intransitive) To encode a protein.
- (informal, healthcare) Of a patient, to suffer a sudden medical emergency (a code blue) such as cardiac arrest.
- attach a code to
- convert ordinary language into code
noun
- By synecdoche: a codeword, code point, an encoded representation of a character, symbol, or other entity.
- A short textual designation, often with little relation to the item it represents.
- Any system of principles, rules or regulations relating to one subject.
- Alternative form of cod.
- (cryptography) A cryptographic system using a codebook that converts words or phrases into codewords.
- A message represented by rules intended to conceal its meaning.
- (scientific programming) A program.
- (linguistics) A particular lect or language variety.
- A body of law, sanctioned by legislation, in which the rules of law to be specifically applied by the courts are set forth in systematic form; a compilation of laws by public authority; a digest.
- (programming, uncountable) Instructions for a computer, written in a programming language; the input of a translator, an interpreter or a browser, namely: source code, machine code, bytecode.
- A set of rules for converting information into another form or representation.
- (medicine) An emergency requiring situation-trained members of the staff.
- (informal) A set of unwritten rules that bind a social group.
- (computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions
- a set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones)
- a coding system used for transmitting messages requiring brevity or secrecy
- a series of letters, numbers or symbols assigned to something for the purpose of classification or identification
adj
- (programming) Involving reflection.
- (programming) By means of reflection.
- (grammar) Reciprocal.
- That reflects, or redirects back to the source.
- Pondering, especially thinking back on the past.
- That reveals or shows; revealing; indicative of.
- capable of physically reflecting light or sound
- devoted to matters of the mind
- deeply or seriously thoughtful
adj
- (computing) Relating to a form of parallel processing algorithm given advance information about the problem.
- Able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses.
- Of, relating to, or having clairvoyance.
- Able to foresee the future.
- Having great insight; sagacious.
- foreseeing the future
- perceiving things beyond the natural range of the senses