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noun
- (operating systems) Initialism of memory management.
- (audio, electronics) Initialism of moving magnet, a type of phono cartridge.
- Initialism of man-month.
- (Freemasonry) Initialism of Master Mason.
- (mathematics) Initialism of mathematical morphology.
- (finance) Initialism of market maker.
- (numismatic slang) Initialism of mintmark.
- (aviation) Initialism of middle marker.
- plural of M (“Monsieur”)
- Initialism of mile marker.
- (finance) Abbreviation of million.
- (education) Initialism of Master of Music.
- (education) Initialism of Master of Management.
- (philately) Initialism of mounted mint.
- (amateur radio) Initialism of maritime mobile.
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- refresh one's memory
- become or make oneself fresh again
- make (to feel) fresh
- make fresh again
- (intransitive) To become fresh again; to be revitalized.
- (computing, ambitransitive) To reload (a document, especially a webpage) and show any new changes.
- (computing, ambitransitive) To cause (a web browser or similar software) to refresh its display.
- (transitive) To renew or revitalize.
- To perform the periodic energizing required to maintain the contents of computer memory, the display luminance of a computer screen, etc.
noun
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- refresh one's memory
- look at again; examine again
- look back upon (a period of time, sequence of events); remember
- appraise critically
- hold a review (of troops)
- To survey; to look broadly over.
- To look back over in order to correct or edit; to revise.
- To write a critical evaluation of a new art work etc.; to write a review.
- (transitive, Philippines, sometimes Canada, US) To look over again (something previously written or learned), especially in preparation for an examination.
noun
- practice intended to polish performance or refresh the memory
- (accounting) a service (less exhaustive than an audit) that provides some assurance to interested parties as to the reliability of financial data
- a new appraisal or evaluation
- a formal or official examination
- (law) a judicial reexamination of the proceedings of a court (especially by an appellate court)
- an essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play)
- a subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment
- a summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion
- a periodical that publishes critical essays on current affairs or literature or art
- a variety show with topical sketches and songs and dancing and comedians
- (law) A judicial reassessment of a case or an event.
- A survey of the available items or material.
- (sciences) A review article.
- A stage show made up of topical sketches etc.
- A second or subsequent reading of a text or artifact in an attempt to gain new insights.
- A periodical which makes a survey of the arts or some other field.
- A forensic inspection to assess compliance with regulations or some code.
- A military inspection or display for the benefit of superiors or VIPs.
- An account intended as a critical evaluation of a text or a piece of work.
noun
- (computing) Memory that has been erased and re-written.
- A text with several layers of meaning, especially pertaining to different points in time.
- Something bearing the traces of an earlier, erased form.
- (astronomy) Circular features believed to be lunar craters that have been obliterated by later volcanic activity.
- (cultural studies) The partial erasure of or superimposition on an older society or culture by a newer one.
- A manuscript or document that has been erased or scraped clean, for reuse of the paper, parchment, vellum, or other medium on which it was written.
- (geology) Geological features thought to be related to features or effects below the surface.
- a manuscript (usually written on papyrus or parchment) on which more than one text has been written with the earlier writing incompletely erased and still visible
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- (computer science) RAM memory that is set aside as a specialized buffer storage that is continually updated; used to optimize data transfers between system elements with different characteristics
- (computing) A fast temporary storage where recently or frequently used information is stored to avoid having to reload it from a slower storage medium.
- a hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons)
- a secret store of valuables or money
- (geocaching) A container containing treasure in a global treasure-hunt game.
- Such a store of physical supplies, placed by humans or other animals for practical reasons.
- Misspelling of cachet.
verb
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- (computing) Memory that is dynamically allocated.
- A pile or mass; a collection of things laid in a body, or thrown together so as to form an elevation.
- A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of people.
- (colloquial) A dilapidated place or vehicle.
- A great number or large quantity of things.
- (colloquial) A lot, a large amount
- (computing) A data structure consisting of trees in which each node is greater than all its children.
- a car that is old and unreliable
- a collection of objects laid on top of each other
- (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent
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- (historical, computing) Initialism of Expanded Memory Specification.
- (business) Initialism of electronics manufacturing service, a type of OEM (original equipment manufacturer) service.
- (US, medicine) Initialism of emergency medical service or emergency medical services, an organization, often part of a local government, whose purpose is to provide emergency prehospital care to the public; the care that it provides.
- (business) Initialism of express mail service, a type of international express mail services.
- Initialism of environmental management system.
- Initialism of eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome.
noun
- (computing theory) A memory access as part of processing.
- (slang) Clipping of memory.
- (slang) Clipping of member.
- (South Asia, now historical) A white European woman, especially the wife of an official; a memsahib.
- (chiefly India) Alternative form of ma'am.
- The thirteenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
- the 13th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
verb
- (computing) To overwrite memory or storage.
- To imprint (something) upon the memory such that it includes additional emotional content and/or influences other thoughts and memories.
- To overfill or overschool the mind (with certain thoughts).
- To overstock; to save more than is needed.
- To open more stores than the retail market needs.
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- (computer science) a high-speed internal memory used for temporary storage of preliminary information
- A pad of paper for preliminary notes or sketches or writings, etc.
- (computing, in transaction processing systems) A piece of temporary memory to hold details of a current conversation, usually scratchpad memory.
verb
- (transitive, computing) To place a copy of an object in memory for later use.
- (radio) To receive a transmission successfully.
- (transitive) To produce an object identical to a given object.
- (transitive) To imitate.
- (transitive) To give or transmit a copy to (a person).
- reproduce someone's behavior or looks
- reproduce or make an exact copy of
- make a replica of
- copy down as is
noun
- (genetics) The result of gene or chromosomal duplication.
- A particular instance of an issue of a periodical (e.g., magazine, journal, bulletin): a single printed impression or digital file representing that issue; (metonynmically) the issue.
- (journalism) A person employed to carry copy and run errands.
- An imitation, sometimes of inferior quality.
- (marketing, advertising) The output of copywriters, who are employed to write material which encourages consumers to buy goods or services.
- A particular instance of a book: a single printed impression or digital file representing it.
- (uncountable) The text to be set into newspaper articles, magazine pages, or similar.
- (typography, journalism, publishing) The text (words, content) that is to be typeset or similarly prepared and published.
- The result of copying; an identical or nearly identical duplicate of an original.
- A schoolwork pad or workbook.
- a reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record)
- material suitable for a journalistic account
- matter to be printed; exclusive of graphical materials
- a thing made to be similar or identical to another thing
verb
noun
- an equal exchange
- An exchange of two comparable things.
- (Cambridge University slang) A social meal at a restaurant between two university societies, usually involving drinking and banter; commonly associated with fining and pennying; equivalent to a crewdate at Oxford University.
- (finance) A financial derivative in which two parties agree to exchange one stream of non-normal cashflow against another stream.
- (computing, informal, uncountable) Space available in a swap file for use as auxiliary memory.
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- (computing) A memory stick.
- A small, thin branch from a tree or bush; a twig; a branch.
- (slang) Vigorous driving of a car; gas.
- (US) A timber board, especially a two by four (inches).
- (military) The structure to which a set of bombs in a bomber aircraft are attached and which drops the bombs when it is released. The bombs themselves and, by extension, any load of similar items dropped in quick succession such as paratroopers or containers.
- (slang) A bar (counter where drinks are served).
- (nautical) A mast or part of a mast of a ship; also, a yard.
- (golf) The pole bearing a small flag that marks the hole.
- (fishing) The amount of fishing line resting on the water surface before a cast; line stick.
- (boardsports) A board as used in board sports, such as a surfboard, snowboard, or skateboard.
- (horse racing) The short whip carried by a jockey.
- (figurative) A negative stimulus or a punishment. (This sense derives from the metaphor of using a stick, a long piece of wood, to poke or beat a beast of burden to compel it to move forward.)
- (uncountable) That which sticks (remains attached to another surface).
- (US, colloquial, uncountable) Vehicles, collectively, equipped with manual transmissions.
- (baseball) General hitting ability.
- (carpentry) The vertical member of a cope-and-stick joint.
- A standard rectangular strip of chewing gum.
- (sports, generically) A long thin implement used to control a ball or puck in sports like hockey, polo, and lacrosse.
- A relatively long, thin piece of wood, of any size.
- (field hockey or ice hockey) The potential accuracy of a hockey stick, implicating also the player using it.
- Any roughly cylindrical (or rectangular) unit of a substance.
- (golf) The long-range driving ability of a golf club.
- (aviation, uncountable) Use of the stick to control the aircraft.
- A cudgel or truncheon (usually of wood, metal or plastic), especially one carried by police or guards.
- (slang) A cigarette (usually a tobacco cigarette, less often a marijuana cigarette).
- (video games) A joystick.
- (US, slang, uncountable) The cue used in billiards, pool, snooker, etc.
- (US, colloquial) A manual transmission, a vehicle equipped with a manual transmission, so called because of the stick-like, i.e. twig-like, control (the gear shift) with which the driver of such a vehicle controls its transmission.
- (uncountable) The tendency to stick (remain stuck), stickiness.
- A cane or walking stick (usually wooden, metal or plastic) to aid in walking.
- (slang) A handgun.
- (computing) Any of the eight 16-character groups making up the 128 characters of the 7-bit ASCII character set.
- (countable) A thrust with a pointed instrument; a stab.
- (slang) Vigor; spirit; effort, energy, intensity.
- The game of pool, or an individual pool game.
- (chiefly Canada, US) A small rectangular block, with a length several times its width, which contains by volume one half of a cup of shortening (butter, margarine or lard).
- (baseball) The potential hitting power of a specific bat.
- (figuratively) A piece (of furniture, especially if wooden).
- (jazz, slang) The clarinet.
- (slang, uncountable) Corporal punishment, beatings
- (British, figurative) Criticism or ridicule, often in the expressions "get a lot of stick", "get some stick", "come in for some stick", etc.
- (aviation) The control column of an aircraft; a joystick. (By convention, a wheel-like control mechanism with a handgrip on opposite sides, similar to the steering wheel of an automobile, can also be called the "stick", although "yoke" or "control wheel" is more commonly seen.)
- (US military slang, World War I) An aircraft’s propeller.
- A bunch of something wrapped around or attached to a stick.
- (motor racing) The traction of tires on the road surface.
- a small thin branch of a tree
- a long implement (usually made of wood) that is shaped so that hockey or polo players can hit a puck or ball
- a long thin implement resembling a length of wood
- a rectangular quarter pound block of butter or margarine
- threat of a penalty
- an implement consisting of a length of wood
- a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane
- marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking
- informal terms for the leg
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- (transitive) To place, set down (quickly or carelessly).
- (intransitive) To persist.
- (transitive) To fix on a pointed instrument; to impale.
- (intransitive) To remain loyal; to remain firm.
- (transitive, now only in dialects) To stab.
- (transitive, gymnastics, aviation, sports) To perform (a landing or a shot) perfectly.
- (transitive) To press (something with a sharp point) into something else.
- (intransitive) Of snow, to remain frozen on landing.
- To hit with a stick.
- (transitive, joinery) To run or plane (mouldings) in a machine, in contradistinction to working them by hand. Such mouldings are said to be stuck.
- (intransitive, blackjack, chiefly UK) To stand pat: to cease taking any more cards and finalize one's hand.
- (botany, transitive) To propagate plants by cuttings.
- (carpentry) To cut a piece of wood to be the stick member of a cope-and-stick joint.
- (intransitive, US, slang) To have sexual intercourse with.
- (transitive) To furnish or set with sticks.
- (transitive) To tolerate, to endure, to stick with.
- (intransitive) To jam; to stop moving.
- (intransitive) To become or remain attached; to adhere.
- (transitive) To attach with glue or as if by gluing.
- fasten with an adhesive material like glue
- pierce with a thrust using a pointed instrument
- cover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface
- be loyal to
- fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something
- stick to firmly
- be in a certain place and not leave
- come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
- be a mystery or bewildering to
- fasten with or as with pins or nails
- saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous
- pierce or penetrate or puncture with something pointed
- be a devoted follower or supporter
- put, fix, force, or implant
- endure
- be or become fixed
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- (computer science) memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed
- (finance) Initialism of return on margin.
- (computing, by extension) The nonvolatile internal storage, often a solid-state drive, on a mobile device or computer.
- (electronics, computing) Acronym of read-only memory.
- (advertising) Initialism of run of month.
- (video games) A software image of read-only memory (as of a game cartridge) used in emulation.
- (estimating and purchasing) Initialism of rough order of magnitude: An informal cost or price estimate provided for planning and budgeting purposes only, typically expected to be only 75% accurate.
- (medicine) Acronym of rupture of membranes.
- (medicine) Initialism of range of motion.
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- (computing) Initialism of memory controller unit.
- Initialism of master control unit.
- (chiropractic) Initialism of multi-cervical unit.
- (telecommunications) Initialism of multipoint control unit.
- Initialism of main control unit.
- Initialism of motor control unit.
- (electronics) Initialism of microcontroller unit.
- (television) Initialism of medium close-up.
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- (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range
- marked by rude or peremptory shortness
- not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices
- primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
- of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration
- of insufficient quantity to meet a need
- less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so
- tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening
- (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length
- lacking foresight or scope
- low in stature; not tall; describing something or someone with a stature less than normal
- (golf) Of an approach shot or putt, that falls short of the green or the hole.
- Having little duration.
- (cricket) Of a ball, bowled so that it bounces relatively far from the batsman.
- (colloquial) Undiluted; neat.
- (finance) Being in a financial investment position that is structured to be profitable if the price of the underlying security declines in the future.
- Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.
- Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied, especially with money; scantily furnished; lacking.
- Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty.
- (baking) Of pastries or (metallurgy) of materials, brittle, crumbly.
- (gambling) Of betting odds, offering a small return for the money wagered.
- Deficient; less; not coming up to a measure or standard.
- Abrupt, brief, pointed, curt.
- Of a person, living being, or object, having a comparatively small height.
- (followed by for) Of a word or phrase, constituting an abbreviation (for another) or shortened form (of another).
- (by extension) Doubtful of, skeptical of.
- (cricket) Of a fielder or fielding position, that is relatively close to the batsman.
noun
- the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base
- the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
- accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference
- (Internet) A short-form vertical video.
- (finance) A short seller.
- A short film.
- A summary account.
- (US, slang) An automobile.
- (finance) A short sale or short position.
- (baseball) A shortstop.
- A short version of a garment in a particular size.
- (phonetics) A short phone (such as a vowel) or syllable.
- A short circuit.
- (programming) An integer variable having a smaller range than normal integers; usually two bytes long.
adv
- so as to interrupt
- at some point or distance before a goal is reached
- quickly and without warning; happening unexpectedly; on impulse; without premeditation
- at a disadvantage
- in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner
- without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold
- clean across
- Without achieving a goal or requirement.
- Abruptly, curtly, briefly.
- (finance) With a negative ownership position.
- (cricket, of the manner of bounce of a cricket ball) Relatively far from the batsman and hence bouncing higher than normal; opposite of full.
- Unawares.
verb
- create a short circuit in
- cheat someone by not returning them enough money
- (transitive) To cause a short circuit in (something).
- (intransitive, of an electrical circuit) To short circuit.
- (transitive, business) To sell something, especially securities, that one does not own at the moment for delivery at a later date in hopes of profiting from a decline in the price; to sell short.
- (transitive, informal) To provide with an amount smaller than that agreed or labeled; to shortchange.
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- (countable, computing) The process of locating data in memory.
- (uncountable, Scotland) Complicity or assent.
- (countable) An outburst of an emotion; a paroxysm; a fit of passion.
- (uncountable) Admission to sexual intercourse.
- (uncountable) The quality of being easy to approach or enter.
- (uncountable, law) The right of a noncustodial parent to visit their child.
- (uncountable) The act of approaching or entering; an advance.
- (uncountable) The right or ability of approaching or entering; admittance; admission; accessibility.
- (uncountable, networking) Connection to or communication with a computer program or to the Internet.
- (uncountable) A way or means of approaching or entering; an entrance; a passage.
- (countable) An onset, attack, or fit of disease; an ague fit.
- (computer science) the operation of reading or writing stored information
- the right to obtain or make use of or take advantage of something (as services or membership)
- a way of entering or leaving
- a code (a series of characters or digits) that must be entered in some way (typed or dialed or spoken) to get the use of something (a telephone line or a computer or a local area network etc.)
- the act of approaching or entering
- the right to enter
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- (computing, ambitransitive) To load (software) fully into memory.
- (intransitive) To receive a load of cargo or similar.
- (idiomatic, ambitransitive) To fully load (a weapon).
- (intransitive, slang) To intoxicate oneself with alcohol or drugs; to get drunk or get high.
- (transitive) To fill (a vehicle, vessel, room, etc.) with a load of cargo or similar.
- (transitive) To load (things) as cargo or similar.
- fill or place a load on
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- (diplomacy) A diplomatic representative who resides in a foreign country, usually of inferior rank to an ambassador.
- (espionage) Alternative form of rezident.
- (law) A legal permanent resident, someone who maintains residency.
- A bird which does not migrate during the course of the year.
- A person, animal or plant living at a certain location or in a certain area.
- (medicine) A physician receiving postgraduate medical training in a hospital or clinic.
- a physician (especially an intern) who lives in a hospital and cares for hospitalized patients under the supervision of the medical staff of the hospital
- someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there
noun
- (computing) Memory that appears to be RAM but is being simulated (by a process called paging) on a hard disk; allows a computer to operate as if it had more memory than it actually does, but with some loss of performance
- (computer science) memory created by using the hard disk to simulate additional random-access memory; the addressable storage space available to the user of a computer system in which virtual addresses are mapped into real addresses
noun
- partial or total loss of memory
- a suspension of radio or tv broadcasting
- a momentary loss of consciousness
- the failure of electric power for a general region
- darkness resulting from the extinction of lights (as in a city invisible to enemy aircraft)
- (slang, criminology, rare) A mass murder committed, usually in an urban area, to eliminate potential witnesses of a previous crime.
- An instance of censorship, especially a temporary one.
- (Internet) An intentional outage of a website or other online service, typically as a form of protest.
- A large-scale power failure, and resulting loss of electricity to consumers.
- (attributive) The blocking out of as much light as possible.
- (historical) The mandatory blocking of all light emanating from buildings, as well as outdoor and street lighting as a measure against aerial bombing or naval attack, as imposed during, e.g., World War II.
- A temporary loss of consciousness.
- A temporary loss of memory.
verb
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- transfer from a storage device to a computer's memory
- corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
- put (something) on a structure or conveyance
- fill or place a load on
- provide (a device) with something necessary
- (intransitive) To be placed into storage or conveyance.
- (transitive) To fill (a firearm or artillery) with munition.
- (intransitive) To be put into use in an apparatus.
- (transitive) To provide in abundance.
- (transitive) To place in or on a conveyance or a place of storage.
- (intransitive) To receive a load.
- (transitive) To fill (an apparatus) with raw material.
- (transitive) To encumber with something negative, to place as an encumbrance.
- (transitive, computing) To read (data or a program) from a storage medium into computer memory.
- (Philippines) to top up or purchase phone credits
- (transitive) To put a load on or in (a means of conveyance or a place of storage).
- (intransitive, computing) To transfer from a storage medium into computer memory.
- (transitive) To tamper with so as to produce a biased outcome.
- (intransitive) To put a load on something.
- (transitive) To insert (an item or items) into an apparatus so as to ready it for operation, such as a reel of film into a camera, sheets of paper into a printer etc.
- (transitive) To ask or adapt a question so that it will be more likely to be answered in a certain way.
- (transitive) To weight (a cane, whip, etc.) with lead or similar.
- (transitive, baseball) To put runners on first, second and third bases
noun
- weight to be borne or conveyed
- a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time
- electrical device to which electrical power is delivered
- an onerous or difficult concern
- the power output of a generator or power plant
- a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks
- the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents
- an amount of alcohol sufficient to intoxicate
- goods carried by a large vehicle
- A very small explosive inserted as a gag into a cigarette or cigar.
- (engineering) The force exerted on a structural component such as a beam, girder, cable etc.
- (vulgar, slang) The contents (e.g. semen) of an ejaculation.
- (in combination) Used to form nouns that indicate a large quantity, often corresponding to the capacity of a vehicle
- The charge of powder for a firearm; a loaded cartridge or round of ammunition.
- A unit of measure for various quantities.
- (computing) The process of loading something, i.e. transferring it into memory or over a network, etc.
- (euphemistic) Nonsense; rubbish.
- Ellipsis of viral load.
- A burden; a weight to be carried.
- (engineering) A resistive force encountered by a prime mover when performing work.
- The volume of work required to be performed.
- (figuratively) A worry or concern to be endured, especially in the phrase a load off one's mind.
- A certain number of articles or quantity of material that can be transported or processed at one time.
- A quantity of washing put into a washing machine for a wash cycle.
- (electrical engineering) Any component that draws current or power from an electrical circuit.
- (Philippines) prepaid phone credit
- (often in the plural, colloquial) A large number or amount.
- (vulgar, slang) defecation
- (electrical engineering) The electrical current or power delivered by a device.
noun
- Main memory.
- (computing, electronics) Computer memory, usually volatile, that stores program and data values during operation and in which each word of memory may be directly (randomly) accessed.
- the most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on; an integrated circuit memory chip allows information to be stored or accessed in any order and all storage locations are equally accessible
noun
- (psychology) A strategy for making more efficient use of short-term memory by recoding information.
- (computing) The division of memory or data etc. into smaller units for easier processing.
- (mathematics, education) The partial-quotients method for solving simple division problems by repeated subtraction.
- (writing) A method of presenting information which splits concepts into small pieces or "chunks" of information to make reading and understanding faster and easier, using such methods as bulleted lists, short subheadings, or short sentences with one or two ideas per sentence.
- The process of reducing something to short, thick pieces, usually using a hammer or a crowbar.
- (psychology) the configuration of smaller units of information into large coordinated units
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- Initialism of phase change memory, a type of non-volatile computer memory.
- Initialism of powertrain control module.
- Initialism of power control module.
- Initialism of phase-change material (“the type of material that phase change memory is composed of, capable of applications in switching”).
- Initialism of pulse code modulation (“the system of encoding sound on a telephone for use in the PSTN, using a compander”).
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- (computing) Initialism of virtual memory.
- (telephony) Initialism of voice mail.
- (software engineering) Initialism of view model.
- (computing) Initialism of virtual machine.
- (historical, broadcasting) Initialism of Videomusic, the Italian music television channel
- (medicine) Initialism of viral myocarditis.
verb
- (transitive or intransitive, computing) To store (data) in memory temporarily while it is awaiting processing.
- (video games) To queue up (an input) so that it is performed immediately once it is possible.
- To use a buffer or buffers; to isolate or minimize the effects of one thing on another.
- (chemistry) To maintain the acidity of a solution near a chosen value by adding an acid or a base.
- protect from impact
- add a buffer (a solution)
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- (politics, international relations) A buffer zone (such as a demilitarized zone) or a buffer state.
- (colloquial) A good-humoured, slow-witted fellow, usually an elderly man.
- (computing) A portion of memory set aside to temporarily store data, often before it is sent to an external device or as it is received from an external device.
- (finance) A reserve of funds set aside for use only when adverse circumstances prevail.
- (rail transport) The barrier placed at the end of the track to absorb the impact of a train that fails to stop.
- (rail transport) A device on trains and carriages designed to cushion the impact between them.
- (chemistry) A solution used to stabilize the pH (acidity) of a liquid, such as by resisting a change in pH when an acid or alkali is added.
- A machine for polishing shoes and boots.
- (figurative) A gap that isolates or separates two things.
- (telecommunications) A routine or storage medium used to compensate for a difference in rate of flow of data, or time of occurrence of events, when transferring data from one device to another.
- (mechanics) Anything used to maintain slack or isolate different objects.
- (UK, nautical, slang) The chief boatswain's mate.
- An isolating circuit, often an amplifier, used to minimize the influence of a driven circuit on the driving circuit.
- A machine with rotary brushes, passed over a hard floor to clean it.
- a cushion-like device that reduces shock due to an impact
- a power tool used to buff surfaces
- (computer science) a part of RAM used for temporary storage of data that is waiting to be sent to a device; used to compensate for differences in the rate of flow of data between components of a computer system
- an implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block; used for polishing (as in manicuring)
- (chemistry) an ionic compound that resists changes in its pH
- an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track
- a neutral zone between two rival powers that is created in order to diminish the danger of conflict
noun
- (computing) Initialism of content-addressable memory.
- Initialism of complementary and alternative medicine.
- (US, historical, philately) Initialism of contract air mail (often followed by the route number, eg, CAM 21).
- (aviation) Initialism of cockpit area microphone.
- (medicine) Initialism of cell-adhesion molecule.
- (real estate) Initialism of common area maintenance.
- (botany, biochemistry) Initialism of crassulacean acid metabolism.
- Initialism of computer-aided manufacturing.
name
noun
- (programming) A memory barrier.
- (by extension) The place whence such a middleman operates.
- A thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or forms a perimeter enclosing the lands of a house, building, etc.
- Skill in oral debate.
- (informal) Someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods, a criminal middleman for transactions of stolen goods.
- A guard or guide on machinery.
- (cricket) The boundary.
- (figuratively) A barrier, for example an emotional barrier.
- a barrier that serves to enclose an area
- a dealer in stolen property
verb
- (intransitive, equestrianism) To jump over a fence.
- (transitive) To defend or guard.
- (transitive) To engage in the selling or buying of stolen goods.
- (intransitive) To conceal the truth by giving equivocal answers; to hedge; to be evasive.
- (transitive) To enclose, contain or separate by building fence.
- (intransitive, sports) To engage in the sport of fencing.
- have an argument about something
- enclose with a fence
- receive stolen goods
- fight with fencing swords
- surround with a wall in order to fortify
verb
- (transitive) To retrieve from personal or computer memory.
- (transitive) To select e.g. to a sports squad.
- (transitive) To summon (someone) to report for military service.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To call on the telephone.
- get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone
- cause to become available for use, either literally or figuratively
- recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
- call to arms; of military personnel
- bring forward for consideration
noun
noun
- (operating systems) Initialism of memory management.
- (audio, electronics) Initialism of moving magnet, a type of phono cartridge.
- Initialism of man-month.
- (Freemasonry) Initialism of Master Mason.
- (mathematics) Initialism of mathematical morphology.
- (finance) Initialism of market maker.
- (numismatic slang) Initialism of mintmark.
- (aviation) Initialism of middle marker.
- plural of M (“Monsieur”)
- Initialism of mile marker.
- (finance) Abbreviation of million.
- (education) Initialism of Master of Music.
- (education) Initialism of Master of Management.
- (philately) Initialism of mounted mint.
- (amateur radio) Initialism of maritime mobile.
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num
noun
- (computing) Memory that has been erased and re-written.
- A text with several layers of meaning, especially pertaining to different points in time.
- Something bearing the traces of an earlier, erased form.
- (astronomy) Circular features believed to be lunar craters that have been obliterated by later volcanic activity.
- (cultural studies) The partial erasure of or superimposition on an older society or culture by a newer one.
- A manuscript or document that has been erased or scraped clean, for reuse of the paper, parchment, vellum, or other medium on which it was written.
- (geology) Geological features thought to be related to features or effects below the surface.
- a manuscript (usually written on papyrus or parchment) on which more than one text has been written with the earlier writing incompletely erased and still visible
verb
noun
- (computer science) RAM memory that is set aside as a specialized buffer storage that is continually updated; used to optimize data transfers between system elements with different characteristics
- (computing) A fast temporary storage where recently or frequently used information is stored to avoid having to reload it from a slower storage medium.
- a hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons)
- a secret store of valuables or money
- (geocaching) A container containing treasure in a global treasure-hunt game.
- Such a store of physical supplies, placed by humans or other animals for practical reasons.
- Misspelling of cachet.
verb
noun
- (computing) Memory that is dynamically allocated.
- A pile or mass; a collection of things laid in a body, or thrown together so as to form an elevation.
- A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of people.
- (colloquial) A dilapidated place or vehicle.
- A great number or large quantity of things.
- (colloquial) A lot, a large amount
- (computing) A data structure consisting of trees in which each node is greater than all its children.
- a car that is old and unreliable
- a collection of objects laid on top of each other
- (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent
adv
verb
noun
- (historical, computing) Initialism of Expanded Memory Specification.
- (business) Initialism of electronics manufacturing service, a type of OEM (original equipment manufacturer) service.
- (US, medicine) Initialism of emergency medical service or emergency medical services, an organization, often part of a local government, whose purpose is to provide emergency prehospital care to the public; the care that it provides.
- (business) Initialism of express mail service, a type of international express mail services.
- Initialism of environmental management system.
- Initialism of eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome.
noun
- (computing theory) A memory access as part of processing.
- (slang) Clipping of memory.
- (slang) Clipping of member.
- (South Asia, now historical) A white European woman, especially the wife of an official; a memsahib.
- (chiefly India) Alternative form of ma'am.
- The thirteenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
- the 13th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
noun
- (computer science) a high-speed internal memory used for temporary storage of preliminary information
- A pad of paper for preliminary notes or sketches or writings, etc.
- (computing, in transaction processing systems) A piece of temporary memory to hold details of a current conversation, usually scratchpad memory.
noun
name
noun
- (computing) A memory stick.
- A small, thin branch from a tree or bush; a twig; a branch.
- (slang) Vigorous driving of a car; gas.
- (US) A timber board, especially a two by four (inches).
- (military) The structure to which a set of bombs in a bomber aircraft are attached and which drops the bombs when it is released. The bombs themselves and, by extension, any load of similar items dropped in quick succession such as paratroopers or containers.
- (slang) A bar (counter where drinks are served).
- (nautical) A mast or part of a mast of a ship; also, a yard.
- (golf) The pole bearing a small flag that marks the hole.
- (fishing) The amount of fishing line resting on the water surface before a cast; line stick.
- (boardsports) A board as used in board sports, such as a surfboard, snowboard, or skateboard.
- (horse racing) The short whip carried by a jockey.
- (figurative) A negative stimulus or a punishment. (This sense derives from the metaphor of using a stick, a long piece of wood, to poke or beat a beast of burden to compel it to move forward.)
- (uncountable) That which sticks (remains attached to another surface).
- (US, colloquial, uncountable) Vehicles, collectively, equipped with manual transmissions.
- (baseball) General hitting ability.
- (carpentry) The vertical member of a cope-and-stick joint.
- A standard rectangular strip of chewing gum.
- (sports, generically) A long thin implement used to control a ball or puck in sports like hockey, polo, and lacrosse.
- A relatively long, thin piece of wood, of any size.
- (field hockey or ice hockey) The potential accuracy of a hockey stick, implicating also the player using it.
- Any roughly cylindrical (or rectangular) unit of a substance.
- (golf) The long-range driving ability of a golf club.
- (aviation, uncountable) Use of the stick to control the aircraft.
- A cudgel or truncheon (usually of wood, metal or plastic), especially one carried by police or guards.
- (slang) A cigarette (usually a tobacco cigarette, less often a marijuana cigarette).
- (video games) A joystick.
- (US, slang, uncountable) The cue used in billiards, pool, snooker, etc.
- (US, colloquial) A manual transmission, a vehicle equipped with a manual transmission, so called because of the stick-like, i.e. twig-like, control (the gear shift) with which the driver of such a vehicle controls its transmission.
- (uncountable) The tendency to stick (remain stuck), stickiness.
- A cane or walking stick (usually wooden, metal or plastic) to aid in walking.
- (slang) A handgun.
- (computing) Any of the eight 16-character groups making up the 128 characters of the 7-bit ASCII character set.
- (countable) A thrust with a pointed instrument; a stab.
- (slang) Vigor; spirit; effort, energy, intensity.
- The game of pool, or an individual pool game.
- (chiefly Canada, US) A small rectangular block, with a length several times its width, which contains by volume one half of a cup of shortening (butter, margarine or lard).
- (baseball) The potential hitting power of a specific bat.
- (figuratively) A piece (of furniture, especially if wooden).
- (jazz, slang) The clarinet.
- (slang, uncountable) Corporal punishment, beatings
- (British, figurative) Criticism or ridicule, often in the expressions "get a lot of stick", "get some stick", "come in for some stick", etc.
- (aviation) The control column of an aircraft; a joystick. (By convention, a wheel-like control mechanism with a handgrip on opposite sides, similar to the steering wheel of an automobile, can also be called the "stick", although "yoke" or "control wheel" is more commonly seen.)
- (US military slang, World War I) An aircraft’s propeller.
- A bunch of something wrapped around or attached to a stick.
- (motor racing) The traction of tires on the road surface.
- a small thin branch of a tree
- a long implement (usually made of wood) that is shaped so that hockey or polo players can hit a puck or ball
- a long thin implement resembling a length of wood
- a rectangular quarter pound block of butter or margarine
- threat of a penalty
- an implement consisting of a length of wood
- a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane
- marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking
- informal terms for the leg
adj
verb
- (transitive) To place, set down (quickly or carelessly).
- (intransitive) To persist.
- (transitive) To fix on a pointed instrument; to impale.
- (intransitive) To remain loyal; to remain firm.
- (transitive, now only in dialects) To stab.
- (transitive, gymnastics, aviation, sports) To perform (a landing or a shot) perfectly.
- (transitive) To press (something with a sharp point) into something else.
- (intransitive) Of snow, to remain frozen on landing.
- To hit with a stick.
- (transitive, joinery) To run or plane (mouldings) in a machine, in contradistinction to working them by hand. Such mouldings are said to be stuck.
- (intransitive, blackjack, chiefly UK) To stand pat: to cease taking any more cards and finalize one's hand.
- (botany, transitive) To propagate plants by cuttings.
- (carpentry) To cut a piece of wood to be the stick member of a cope-and-stick joint.
- (intransitive, US, slang) To have sexual intercourse with.
- (transitive) To furnish or set with sticks.
- (transitive) To tolerate, to endure, to stick with.
- (intransitive) To jam; to stop moving.
- (intransitive) To become or remain attached; to adhere.
- (transitive) To attach with glue or as if by gluing.
- fasten with an adhesive material like glue
- pierce with a thrust using a pointed instrument
- cover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface
- be loyal to
- fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something
- stick to firmly
- be in a certain place and not leave
- come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
- be a mystery or bewildering to
- fasten with or as with pins or nails
- saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous
- pierce or penetrate or puncture with something pointed
- be a devoted follower or supporter
- put, fix, force, or implant
- endure
- be or become fixed
noun
name
noun
- (computer science) memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed
- (finance) Initialism of return on margin.
- (computing, by extension) The nonvolatile internal storage, often a solid-state drive, on a mobile device or computer.
- (electronics, computing) Acronym of read-only memory.
- (advertising) Initialism of run of month.
- (video games) A software image of read-only memory (as of a game cartridge) used in emulation.
- (estimating and purchasing) Initialism of rough order of magnitude: An informal cost or price estimate provided for planning and budgeting purposes only, typically expected to be only 75% accurate.
- (medicine) Acronym of rupture of membranes.
- (medicine) Initialism of range of motion.
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noun
- (computing) Initialism of memory controller unit.
- Initialism of master control unit.
- (chiropractic) Initialism of multi-cervical unit.
- (telecommunications) Initialism of multipoint control unit.
- Initialism of main control unit.
- Initialism of motor control unit.
- (electronics) Initialism of microcontroller unit.
- (television) Initialism of medium close-up.
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noun
- (countable, computing) The process of locating data in memory.
- (uncountable, Scotland) Complicity or assent.
- (countable) An outburst of an emotion; a paroxysm; a fit of passion.
- (uncountable) Admission to sexual intercourse.
- (uncountable) The quality of being easy to approach or enter.
- (uncountable, law) The right of a noncustodial parent to visit their child.
- (uncountable) The act of approaching or entering; an advance.
- (uncountable) The right or ability of approaching or entering; admittance; admission; accessibility.
- (uncountable, networking) Connection to or communication with a computer program or to the Internet.
- (uncountable) A way or means of approaching or entering; an entrance; a passage.
- (countable) An onset, attack, or fit of disease; an ague fit.
- (computer science) the operation of reading or writing stored information
- the right to obtain or make use of or take advantage of something (as services or membership)
- a way of entering or leaving
- a code (a series of characters or digits) that must be entered in some way (typed or dialed or spoken) to get the use of something (a telephone line or a computer or a local area network etc.)
- the act of approaching or entering
- the right to enter
verb
noun
- (computing) Memory that appears to be RAM but is being simulated (by a process called paging) on a hard disk; allows a computer to operate as if it had more memory than it actually does, but with some loss of performance
- (computer science) memory created by using the hard disk to simulate additional random-access memory; the addressable storage space available to the user of a computer system in which virtual addresses are mapped into real addresses
noun
- partial or total loss of memory
- a suspension of radio or tv broadcasting
- a momentary loss of consciousness
- the failure of electric power for a general region
- darkness resulting from the extinction of lights (as in a city invisible to enemy aircraft)
- (slang, criminology, rare) A mass murder committed, usually in an urban area, to eliminate potential witnesses of a previous crime.
- An instance of censorship, especially a temporary one.
- (Internet) An intentional outage of a website or other online service, typically as a form of protest.
- A large-scale power failure, and resulting loss of electricity to consumers.
- (attributive) The blocking out of as much light as possible.
- (historical) The mandatory blocking of all light emanating from buildings, as well as outdoor and street lighting as a measure against aerial bombing or naval attack, as imposed during, e.g., World War II.
- A temporary loss of consciousness.
- A temporary loss of memory.
verb
verb
- refresh one's memory
- look at again; examine again
- look back upon (a period of time, sequence of events); remember
- appraise critically
- hold a review (of troops)
- To survey; to look broadly over.
- To look back over in order to correct or edit; to revise.
- To write a critical evaluation of a new art work etc.; to write a review.
- (transitive, Philippines, sometimes Canada, US) To look over again (something previously written or learned), especially in preparation for an examination.
noun
- practice intended to polish performance or refresh the memory
- (accounting) a service (less exhaustive than an audit) that provides some assurance to interested parties as to the reliability of financial data
- a new appraisal or evaluation
- a formal or official examination
- (law) a judicial reexamination of the proceedings of a court (especially by an appellate court)
- an essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play)
- a subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment
- a summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion
- a periodical that publishes critical essays on current affairs or literature or art
- a variety show with topical sketches and songs and dancing and comedians
- (law) A judicial reassessment of a case or an event.
- A survey of the available items or material.
- (sciences) A review article.
- A stage show made up of topical sketches etc.
- A second or subsequent reading of a text or artifact in an attempt to gain new insights.
- A periodical which makes a survey of the arts or some other field.
- A forensic inspection to assess compliance with regulations or some code.
- A military inspection or display for the benefit of superiors or VIPs.
- An account intended as a critical evaluation of a text or a piece of work.
noun
- Main memory.
- (computing, electronics) Computer memory, usually volatile, that stores program and data values during operation and in which each word of memory may be directly (randomly) accessed.
- the most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on; an integrated circuit memory chip allows information to be stored or accessed in any order and all storage locations are equally accessible
noun
- (psychology) A strategy for making more efficient use of short-term memory by recoding information.
- (computing) The division of memory or data etc. into smaller units for easier processing.
- (mathematics, education) The partial-quotients method for solving simple division problems by repeated subtraction.
- (writing) A method of presenting information which splits concepts into small pieces or "chunks" of information to make reading and understanding faster and easier, using such methods as bulleted lists, short subheadings, or short sentences with one or two ideas per sentence.
- The process of reducing something to short, thick pieces, usually using a hammer or a crowbar.
- (psychology) the configuration of smaller units of information into large coordinated units
verb
noun
- Initialism of phase change memory, a type of non-volatile computer memory.
- Initialism of powertrain control module.
- Initialism of power control module.
- Initialism of phase-change material (“the type of material that phase change memory is composed of, capable of applications in switching”).
- Initialism of pulse code modulation (“the system of encoding sound on a telephone for use in the PSTN, using a compander”).
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noun
- (computing) Initialism of virtual memory.
- (telephony) Initialism of voice mail.
- (software engineering) Initialism of view model.
- (computing) Initialism of virtual machine.
- (historical, broadcasting) Initialism of Videomusic, the Italian music television channel
- (medicine) Initialism of viral myocarditis.
noun
- (computing) Initialism of content-addressable memory.
- Initialism of complementary and alternative medicine.
- (US, historical, philately) Initialism of contract air mail (often followed by the route number, eg, CAM 21).
- (aviation) Initialism of cockpit area microphone.
- (medicine) Initialism of cell-adhesion molecule.
- (real estate) Initialism of common area maintenance.
- (botany, biochemistry) Initialism of crassulacean acid metabolism.
- Initialism of computer-aided manufacturing.
name
noun
- (programming) A memory barrier.
- (by extension) The place whence such a middleman operates.
- A thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or forms a perimeter enclosing the lands of a house, building, etc.
- Skill in oral debate.
- (informal) Someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods, a criminal middleman for transactions of stolen goods.
- A guard or guide on machinery.
- (cricket) The boundary.
- (figuratively) A barrier, for example an emotional barrier.
- a barrier that serves to enclose an area
- a dealer in stolen property
verb
- (intransitive, equestrianism) To jump over a fence.
- (transitive) To defend or guard.
- (transitive) To engage in the selling or buying of stolen goods.
- (intransitive) To conceal the truth by giving equivocal answers; to hedge; to be evasive.
- (transitive) To enclose, contain or separate by building fence.
- (intransitive, sports) To engage in the sport of fencing.
- have an argument about something
- enclose with a fence
- receive stolen goods
- fight with fencing swords
- surround with a wall in order to fortify
verb
- refresh one's memory
- become or make oneself fresh again
- make (to feel) fresh
- make fresh again
- (intransitive) To become fresh again; to be revitalized.
- (computing, ambitransitive) To reload (a document, especially a webpage) and show any new changes.
- (computing, ambitransitive) To cause (a web browser or similar software) to refresh its display.
- (transitive) To renew or revitalize.
- To perform the periodic energizing required to maintain the contents of computer memory, the display luminance of a computer screen, etc.
noun
verb
- refresh one's memory
- look at again; examine again
- look back upon (a period of time, sequence of events); remember
- appraise critically
- hold a review (of troops)
- To survey; to look broadly over.
- To look back over in order to correct or edit; to revise.
- To write a critical evaluation of a new art work etc.; to write a review.
- (transitive, Philippines, sometimes Canada, US) To look over again (something previously written or learned), especially in preparation for an examination.
noun
- practice intended to polish performance or refresh the memory
- (accounting) a service (less exhaustive than an audit) that provides some assurance to interested parties as to the reliability of financial data
- a new appraisal or evaluation
- a formal or official examination
- (law) a judicial reexamination of the proceedings of a court (especially by an appellate court)
- an essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play)
- a subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment
- a summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion
- a periodical that publishes critical essays on current affairs or literature or art
- a variety show with topical sketches and songs and dancing and comedians
- (law) A judicial reassessment of a case or an event.
- A survey of the available items or material.
- (sciences) A review article.
- A stage show made up of topical sketches etc.
- A second or subsequent reading of a text or artifact in an attempt to gain new insights.
- A periodical which makes a survey of the arts or some other field.
- A forensic inspection to assess compliance with regulations or some code.
- A military inspection or display for the benefit of superiors or VIPs.
- An account intended as a critical evaluation of a text or a piece of work.
verb
- (computing) To overwrite memory or storage.
- To imprint (something) upon the memory such that it includes additional emotional content and/or influences other thoughts and memories.
- To overfill or overschool the mind (with certain thoughts).
- To overstock; to save more than is needed.
- To open more stores than the retail market needs.
adj
noun
verb
- (transitive, computing) To place a copy of an object in memory for later use.
- (radio) To receive a transmission successfully.
- (transitive) To produce an object identical to a given object.
- (transitive) To imitate.
- (transitive) To give or transmit a copy to (a person).
- reproduce someone's behavior or looks
- reproduce or make an exact copy of
- make a replica of
- copy down as is
noun
- (genetics) The result of gene or chromosomal duplication.
- A particular instance of an issue of a periodical (e.g., magazine, journal, bulletin): a single printed impression or digital file representing that issue; (metonynmically) the issue.
- (journalism) A person employed to carry copy and run errands.
- An imitation, sometimes of inferior quality.
- (marketing, advertising) The output of copywriters, who are employed to write material which encourages consumers to buy goods or services.
- A particular instance of a book: a single printed impression or digital file representing it.
- (uncountable) The text to be set into newspaper articles, magazine pages, or similar.
- (typography, journalism, publishing) The text (words, content) that is to be typeset or similarly prepared and published.
- The result of copying; an identical or nearly identical duplicate of an original.
- A schoolwork pad or workbook.
- a reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record)
- material suitable for a journalistic account
- matter to be printed; exclusive of graphical materials
- a thing made to be similar or identical to another thing
verb
noun
- an equal exchange
- An exchange of two comparable things.
- (Cambridge University slang) A social meal at a restaurant between two university societies, usually involving drinking and banter; commonly associated with fining and pennying; equivalent to a crewdate at Oxford University.
- (finance) A financial derivative in which two parties agree to exchange one stream of non-normal cashflow against another stream.
- (computing, informal, uncountable) Space available in a swap file for use as auxiliary memory.
verb
noun
verb
- (computing, ambitransitive) To load (software) fully into memory.
- (intransitive) To receive a load of cargo or similar.
- (idiomatic, ambitransitive) To fully load (a weapon).
- (intransitive, slang) To intoxicate oneself with alcohol or drugs; to get drunk or get high.
- (transitive) To fill (a vehicle, vessel, room, etc.) with a load of cargo or similar.
- (transitive) To load (things) as cargo or similar.
- fill or place a load on
verb
- transfer from a storage device to a computer's memory
- corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
- put (something) on a structure or conveyance
- fill or place a load on
- provide (a device) with something necessary
- (intransitive) To be placed into storage or conveyance.
- (transitive) To fill (a firearm or artillery) with munition.
- (intransitive) To be put into use in an apparatus.
- (transitive) To provide in abundance.
- (transitive) To place in or on a conveyance or a place of storage.
- (intransitive) To receive a load.
- (transitive) To fill (an apparatus) with raw material.
- (transitive) To encumber with something negative, to place as an encumbrance.
- (transitive, computing) To read (data or a program) from a storage medium into computer memory.
- (Philippines) to top up or purchase phone credits
- (transitive) To put a load on or in (a means of conveyance or a place of storage).
- (intransitive, computing) To transfer from a storage medium into computer memory.
- (transitive) To tamper with so as to produce a biased outcome.
- (intransitive) To put a load on something.
- (transitive) To insert (an item or items) into an apparatus so as to ready it for operation, such as a reel of film into a camera, sheets of paper into a printer etc.
- (transitive) To ask or adapt a question so that it will be more likely to be answered in a certain way.
- (transitive) To weight (a cane, whip, etc.) with lead or similar.
- (transitive, baseball) To put runners on first, second and third bases
noun
- weight to be borne or conveyed
- a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time
- electrical device to which electrical power is delivered
- an onerous or difficult concern
- the power output of a generator or power plant
- a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks
- the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents
- an amount of alcohol sufficient to intoxicate
- goods carried by a large vehicle
- A very small explosive inserted as a gag into a cigarette or cigar.
- (engineering) The force exerted on a structural component such as a beam, girder, cable etc.
- (vulgar, slang) The contents (e.g. semen) of an ejaculation.
- (in combination) Used to form nouns that indicate a large quantity, often corresponding to the capacity of a vehicle
- The charge of powder for a firearm; a loaded cartridge or round of ammunition.
- A unit of measure for various quantities.
- (computing) The process of loading something, i.e. transferring it into memory or over a network, etc.
- (euphemistic) Nonsense; rubbish.
- Ellipsis of viral load.
- A burden; a weight to be carried.
- (engineering) A resistive force encountered by a prime mover when performing work.
- The volume of work required to be performed.
- (figuratively) A worry or concern to be endured, especially in the phrase a load off one's mind.
- A certain number of articles or quantity of material that can be transported or processed at one time.
- A quantity of washing put into a washing machine for a wash cycle.
- (electrical engineering) Any component that draws current or power from an electrical circuit.
- (Philippines) prepaid phone credit
- (often in the plural, colloquial) A large number or amount.
- (vulgar, slang) defecation
- (electrical engineering) The electrical current or power delivered by a device.
verb
- (transitive or intransitive, computing) To store (data) in memory temporarily while it is awaiting processing.
- (video games) To queue up (an input) so that it is performed immediately once it is possible.
- To use a buffer or buffers; to isolate or minimize the effects of one thing on another.
- (chemistry) To maintain the acidity of a solution near a chosen value by adding an acid or a base.
- protect from impact
- add a buffer (a solution)
adj
noun
- (politics, international relations) A buffer zone (such as a demilitarized zone) or a buffer state.
- (colloquial) A good-humoured, slow-witted fellow, usually an elderly man.
- (computing) A portion of memory set aside to temporarily store data, often before it is sent to an external device or as it is received from an external device.
- (finance) A reserve of funds set aside for use only when adverse circumstances prevail.
- (rail transport) The barrier placed at the end of the track to absorb the impact of a train that fails to stop.
- (rail transport) A device on trains and carriages designed to cushion the impact between them.
- (chemistry) A solution used to stabilize the pH (acidity) of a liquid, such as by resisting a change in pH when an acid or alkali is added.
- A machine for polishing shoes and boots.
- (figurative) A gap that isolates or separates two things.
- (telecommunications) A routine or storage medium used to compensate for a difference in rate of flow of data, or time of occurrence of events, when transferring data from one device to another.
- (mechanics) Anything used to maintain slack or isolate different objects.
- (UK, nautical, slang) The chief boatswain's mate.
- An isolating circuit, often an amplifier, used to minimize the influence of a driven circuit on the driving circuit.
- A machine with rotary brushes, passed over a hard floor to clean it.
- a cushion-like device that reduces shock due to an impact
- a power tool used to buff surfaces
- (computer science) a part of RAM used for temporary storage of data that is waiting to be sent to a device; used to compensate for differences in the rate of flow of data between components of a computer system
- an implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block; used for polishing (as in manicuring)
- (chemistry) an ionic compound that resists changes in its pH
- an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track
- a neutral zone between two rival powers that is created in order to diminish the danger of conflict
verb
- (transitive) To retrieve from personal or computer memory.
- (transitive) To select e.g. to a sports squad.
- (transitive) To summon (someone) to report for military service.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To call on the telephone.
- get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone
- cause to become available for use, either literally or figuratively
- recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
- call to arms; of military personnel
- bring forward for consideration
noun
adj
- (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range
- marked by rude or peremptory shortness
- not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices
- primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
- of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration
- of insufficient quantity to meet a need
- less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so
- tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening
- (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length
- lacking foresight or scope
- low in stature; not tall; describing something or someone with a stature less than normal
- (golf) Of an approach shot or putt, that falls short of the green or the hole.
- Having little duration.
- (cricket) Of a ball, bowled so that it bounces relatively far from the batsman.
- (colloquial) Undiluted; neat.
- (finance) Being in a financial investment position that is structured to be profitable if the price of the underlying security declines in the future.
- Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.
- Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied, especially with money; scantily furnished; lacking.
- Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty.
- (baking) Of pastries or (metallurgy) of materials, brittle, crumbly.
- (gambling) Of betting odds, offering a small return for the money wagered.
- Deficient; less; not coming up to a measure or standard.
- Abrupt, brief, pointed, curt.
- Of a person, living being, or object, having a comparatively small height.
- (followed by for) Of a word or phrase, constituting an abbreviation (for another) or shortened form (of another).
- (by extension) Doubtful of, skeptical of.
- (cricket) Of a fielder or fielding position, that is relatively close to the batsman.
noun
- the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base
- the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
- accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference
- (Internet) A short-form vertical video.
- (finance) A short seller.
- A short film.
- A summary account.
- (US, slang) An automobile.
- (finance) A short sale or short position.
- (baseball) A shortstop.
- A short version of a garment in a particular size.
- (phonetics) A short phone (such as a vowel) or syllable.
- A short circuit.
- (programming) An integer variable having a smaller range than normal integers; usually two bytes long.
adv
- so as to interrupt
- at some point or distance before a goal is reached
- quickly and without warning; happening unexpectedly; on impulse; without premeditation
- at a disadvantage
- in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner
- without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold
- clean across
- Without achieving a goal or requirement.
- Abruptly, curtly, briefly.
- (finance) With a negative ownership position.
- (cricket, of the manner of bounce of a cricket ball) Relatively far from the batsman and hence bouncing higher than normal; opposite of full.
- Unawares.
verb
- create a short circuit in
- cheat someone by not returning them enough money
- (transitive) To cause a short circuit in (something).
- (intransitive, of an electrical circuit) To short circuit.
- (transitive, business) To sell something, especially securities, that one does not own at the moment for delivery at a later date in hopes of profiting from a decline in the price; to sell short.
- (transitive, informal) To provide with an amount smaller than that agreed or labeled; to shortchange.
prep
adj
noun
- (diplomacy) A diplomatic representative who resides in a foreign country, usually of inferior rank to an ambassador.
- (espionage) Alternative form of rezident.
- (law) A legal permanent resident, someone who maintains residency.
- A bird which does not migrate during the course of the year.
- A person, animal or plant living at a certain location or in a certain area.
- (medicine) A physician receiving postgraduate medical training in a hospital or clinic.
- a physician (especially an intern) who lives in a hospital and cares for hospitalized patients under the supervision of the medical staff of the hospital
- someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there