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noun
- (countable, chiefly science fiction) An intelligent, self-aware computer or computer program.
- (computer science) The branch of computer science dealing with the reproduction or mimicking of human-level intelligence, self-awareness, knowledge, conscience, and thought in computer programs.
- The essential quality of a machine which thinks in a manner similar to or on the same general level as a real human being.
- (proscribed, specifically) Synonym of generative artificial intelligence.
- (video games) A character or entity controlled by the game instead of a player; AI.
- (computing) A computer system or software package which is artificially intelligent.
- the branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively
noun
- (computer science) a computer that provides client stations with access to files and printers as shared resources to a computer network
- archaic terms for army
- a vast multitude
- any organization that provides resources and facilities for a function or event
- the owner or manager of an inn
- a person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers)
- an animal or plant that nourishes and supports a parasite; it does not benefit and is often harmed by the association
- a person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there
- (medicine) recipient of transplanted tissue or organ from a donor
- A paid male companion offering conversation and in some cases sex, as in certain types of bar in Japan.
- A moderator or master of ceremonies for a performance.
- One that provides a facility for an event.
- A multitude of people arrayed as an army; used also in religious senses, as: Heavenly host (of angels)
- (multiplicity) The primary member of a system, typically the member who fronts most often.
- One which receives or entertains a guest, socially, commercially, or officially.
- (Christianity) The consecrated bread of the Eucharist.
- A large number of items; a large inventory.
- (computing, Internet) Any computer attached to a network.
- A person or organization responsible for running an event.
- (ecology) A cell or organism which harbors another organism or biological entity, usually a parasite.
- (evolution, genetics) An organism bearing certain genetic material, with respect to its cells.
verb
noun
- (computer science) a computer that provides client stations with access to files and printers as shared resources to a computer network
- (computing) A computer dedicated to running such programs.
- (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)
- 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.
- (computing) A program that provides services to other programs or devices, either in the same computer or over a computer network.
- (social media) A community space where only those who joined it can communicate in channels.
noun
- Synonym of computer science.
- (computing) A branch of information science and of computer science that focuses on the study of information processing, particularly with respect to systems integration and human interactions with machine and data.
- the sciences concerned with gathering, manipulating, storing, retrieving, and classifying recorded information
noun
- (computer science) A system of instructions and data directly understandable by a computer's central processing unit.
- (computer science) Machine language instructions that can be executed directly by a computer's central processing unit.
- a set of instructions coded so that the computer can use it directly without further translation
noun
- (computer science) the part of a hard disk that is dedicated to a particular operating system or application and accessed as a single unit
- a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another)
- (anatomy) a structure that separates areas in an organism
- the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart
- A vertical structure that divides a room.
- (mathematics) An approach to division in which one asks what the size of each part is, rather than (as in quotition) how many parts there are.
- The division of a territory into two or more autonomous ones.
- (music) A musical score.
- (databases) A division of a database or one of its constituting elements such as tables into separate independent parts.
- A part divided off by walls; an apartment; a compartment.
- An action which divides a thing into parts, or separates one thing from another.
- (set theory) A collection of non-empty, disjoint subsets of a set whose union is the set itself (i.e. all elements of the set are contained in exactly one of the subsets).
- (computing) A division of a data stream, such as a messaging queue or topic (often representing a unit of parallelism, and of fault tolerance).
- A part of something that has been divided.
- That which divides or separates; that by which different things, or distinct parts of the same thing, are separated; boundary; dividing line or space.
- (computing) A section of a hard disk separately formatted.
- (law) The severance of common or undivided interests, particularly in real estate. It may be effected by consent of parties, or by compulsion of law.
verb
noun
- (computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer
- a company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation
- (economics) a measure that is to be maximized in any situation involving choice
- 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
- (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.
- (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.
- (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.
adj
- capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team
- used of beef; usable but inferior
- 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.
verb
- (science fiction, ambitransitive) To connect a brain directly to a computer.
- (transitive, idiomatic, British) To stop doing a regular activity, such as a job or studying.
- (music recording, computing, electronics) To insert an electronic coupling into a receptacle; to connect to something, whether involving a physical medium or not.
noun
- (computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network
- someone who pays for goods or services
- a person who seeks the advice of a lawyer
- (computing) The role of a computer application or system that requests and/or consumes the services provided by another having the role of server.
- (historical) In ancient Rome, retainers and followers associated with a gens.
- Ellipsis of client state.
- A customer, a buyer or receiver of goods or services.
- A person who receives help or services from a professional such as a lawyer or accountant.
- (law) A person who employs or retains an attorney to represent him or her in any legal matter, or one who merely divulges confidential matters to an attorney while pursuing professional assistance without subsequently retaining the attorney.
noun
- (computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network
- a visitor to whom hospitality is extended
- a customer of a hotel or restaurant etc.
- (zoology) An inquiline.
- (computing) A user given temporary access to a system despite not having an account of their own.
- A recipient of hospitality, especially someone staying by invitation at the house of another.
- An invited visitor or performer to an institution or to a broadcast.
- (zoology) Any insect that lives in the nest of another without compulsion and usually not as a parasite.
- A patron or customer in a hotel etc.
verb
noun
- (computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network
- a connecting point at which several lines come together
- (botany) the small swelling that is the part of a plant stem from which one or more leaves emerge
- the source of lymph and lymphocytes
- (physics) the point of minimum displacement in a periodic system
- (astronomy) a point where an orbit crosses a plane
- any bulge or swelling of an anatomical structure or part
- any thickened enlargement
- (rare) The knot, intrigue, or plot of a dramatic work.
- (syntax) A point in a parse tree that can be assigned a syntactic category label.
- (physics) A point along a standing wave where the wave has minimal amplitude.
- (engineering) The point at which the lines of a funicular machine meet from different angular directions.
- (botany) A leaf node.
- (biology) A point in a cladogram from which two clades branch, representing the presumed ancestor.
- (astronomy) The point where the orbit of a planet, as viewed from the Sun, intersects the ecliptic. The ascending and descending nodes refer respectively to the points where the planet moves from South to North and N to S; their respective symbols are ☊ and ☋.
- (geometry) The point at which a curve crosses itself, being a double point of the curve. See crunode and acnode.
- (medicine) A hard concretion or incrustation which forms upon bones attacked with rheumatism, gout, or syphilis; sometimes also, a swelling in the neighborhood of a joint.
- (computational linguistics) The word of interest in a KWIC, surrounded by left and right cotexts.
- A knot, knob, protuberance or swelling.
- (electronics) A region of an electric circuit connected only by (ideal) wires (i.e. the voltage between any two points on the same node must be zero).
- (networking) A computer or other device attached to a network.
- (technical) A hole in the gnomon of a sundial, through which passes the ray of light which marks the hour of the day, the parallels of the Sun's declination, its place in the ecliptic, etc.
- (graph theory) A vertex or a leaf in a graph of a network, or other element in a data structure.
- (geometry) A similar point on a surface, where there is more than one tangent-plane.
noun
- (science fiction) A three-dimensional representation of virtual space in a computer network.
- A world of information accessed through the Internet.
- a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange
noun
- (computer science, by extension) A property of systems where several processes execute at the same time.
- The property or an instance of being concurrent; something that happens at the same time as something else.
- (road transport, civil engineering) A stretch of road that is shared between two or more numbered or named routes.
- agreement of results or opinions
- acting together, as agents or circumstances or events
noun
- (computing, slang) The main computer case containing the central components of a personal computer.
- (computer hardware) Initialism of central processing unit.
- (computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing
- (nursing education) Initialism of clinical practice unit.
- (video games) Any character or entity controlled by the game software.
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adj
noun
- a genre of fast-paced science fiction involving oppressive futuristic computerized societies
- a writer of science fiction set in a lawless subculture of an oppressive society dominated by computer technology
- a programmer who breaks into computer systems in order to steal or change or destroy information as a form of cyber-terrorism
- (music, uncountable) A musical genre related to the punk movement that makes use of electronic sounds such as synthesizers.
- (countable) A writer of cyberpunk fiction.
- (countable) A cyberpunk character, a hacker punk, a high-tech low life.
- (science fiction, uncountable) A subgenre of science fiction which focuses on computer or information technology and virtual reality juxtaposed with a degree of breakdown or radical change in the social order.
noun
- (computing) A personal computer, as opposed to computers for business or server purposes.
- (computing) A desktop computer.
- The top surface of a desk.
- (computing, graphical user interface) The main graphical user interface of an operating system, usually displaying icons, windows and background wallpaper.
- (computing, graphical user interface, synecdochic) The wallpaper of this interface.
- (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear
- the top of a desk
adj
noun
- (computing) A set of hardware and software operating in a computer.
- (multiplicity) A set of alters of a person, or the multiple (“an individual with multiple personalities”) who contains them.
- A group or set of related things that operate together as a complex whole.
- (physiology) A set of body organs having a particular function.
- (politics) A socioeconomic formation.
- (music) A set of staves linked by a brace that indicate instruments or sounds that are to be played simultaneously.
- (derogatory, preceded by the, often capitalized) The mainstream culture, controlled by the elites or government of a state, or a combination of them, seen as oppressive to the individual.
- (astronomy) A system in which two or more objects are bound to each other by gravity.
- (roleplaying games) A set of rules for a tabletop roleplaying game.
- (mathematics) A set of equations involving the same variables, which are to be solved simultaneously.
- (countable, uncountable) A method or way of organizing or planning.
- (philosophy) A comprehensive and logically organized set of propositions or philosophical beliefs.
- an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized
- a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts
- a procedure or process for obtaining an objective
- an organized structure for arranging or classifying
- a complex of methods or rules governing behavior
- the living body considered as made up of interdependent components forming a unified whole
- instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity
- (physical chemistry) a sample of matter in which substances in different phases are in equilibrium
- a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole
noun
- (computer science) An operating system component responsible for allocating several resources, most commonly the use of processors by different concurrent processes or threads.
- A person or device that determines a schedule, that determines the order that tasks are to be done.
- computer hardware that arranges jobs to be done by the computer in an appropriate order
noun
- (computer science) the structure and organization of a computer's hardware or system software
- the profession of designing buildings and environments with consideration for their esthetic effect
- the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings
- an architectural product or work
- (computing) A family of CPUs sharing a common instruction set and having partial or full compatibility with software built on each other.
- The art and science of designing and managing the construction of buildings and other structures, particularly if they are well proportioned and decorated.
- Construction, in a more general sense; frame or structure; workmanship.
- The structure and design of a system or product.
- (computing) A specific model of a microchip or CPU.
- Any particular style of building design.
- A unifying structure.
noun
- (computer science) the structure and organization of a computer's hardware or system software
- the art of assembling logical elements into a computing device; the specification of the relation between parts of a computer system
- (computer hardware) The science of computer design.
- (computer hardware) The conceptual structure around which a given computer is designed.
noun
- (slang) Computing.
- (slang) A computer processor.
- (chemistry, uncountable) A nonmetallic element (symbol Si) with an atomic number of 14 and atomic weight of 28.0855.
- Abbreviation of silicon chip.
- (chemistry, countable) A single atom of this element.
- a tetravalent nonmetallic element; next to oxygen it is the most abundant element in the earth's crust; occurs in clay and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand; used as a semiconductor in transistors
noun
- (computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing
- a large digital computer serving 100-400 users and occupying a special air-conditioned room
- (computer hardware) A large, powerful computer able to manage very many simultaneous tasks and communicate with very many connected terminals; used by large, complex organizations (such as banks and supermarkets) where continuously sustained operation is vital.
- (computer hardware) A computer chassis that hosts and interconnects modules that perform various tasks.
- The main frame of a vehicle etc., more commonly main frame.
noun
- (computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing
- someone who processes things (foods or photographs or applicants etc.)
- a business engaged in processing agricultural products and preparing them for market
- A device which processes, which changes something (a computer processor, food processor, etc.).
- A microprocessor.
- A person or institution who processes things (foods, photos, applications, etc.).
- A central processing unit.
noun
- (computing) The central part of many computer operating systems which manages the system's resources and the communication between hardware and software components.
- (mathematics, category theory, of a morphism f:X→Y in a category with zero morphisms) The equalizer of f and the zero morphism from X to Y, denoted operatorname kerf.
- (botany, US) The stone of certain fruits, such as peaches or plums.
- (botany) A single seed of grain, especially of corn or wheat.
- (slang) The human clitoris.
- (computing) The core engine of any complex software system.
- (programming) The simplified input to an algorithm that has undergone kernelization.
- A small mass around which other matter is concreted; a nucleus; a concretion or hard lump in the flesh.
- (calculus) A function used to define an integral transform.
- (chemistry) The nucleus and electrons of an atom excluding its valence electrons.
- (botany) The central (usually edible) part of a nut, especially once the hard shell has been removed.
- (mathematics, linear algebra, of a linear transformation f:M→N between modules or vector spaces) The set of elements of M which are mapped to the additive identity 0 of N.
- (mathematics, set theory, of a function f) The set of pairs of elements in the domain of f which are mapped to the same value; the equivalence relation x≡y⟺f(x)=f(y).
- (mathematics, group theory, of a group homomorphism f:G→H between groups) The set of elements of G which are mapped to the identity of H (usually written as 0 in an additive group and as 1 in a multiplicative group).
- (mathematics, fuzzy set theory) The set of members of a fuzzy set that are fully included (i.e., whose grade of membership is 1).
- (mathematics, ring theory, of a ring homomorphism f:R→S between rings) The set of elements of R which are mapped to the additive identity 0 of S.
- (mathematics, category theory) The source of operatorname kerf, denoted operatorname Kerf.
- The core, center, or essence of an object or system.
- a single whole grain of a cereal
- the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
- the inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut or fruit stone
verb
noun
- (computer science) a program that controls a display for the user (usually on a computer monitor) and that allows the user to interact with the system
- (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)
- the overlap where two theories or phenomena affect each other or have links with each other
- (chemistry) a surface forming a common boundary between two things (two objects or liquids or chemical phases)
- (object-oriented programming) The connection between parts of software; also the public or published sections of an object or module.
- (chemistry, physics) A thin layer or boundary between different substances or two phases of a single substance.
- (computing) The point of interconnection between systems or subsystems.
- (biochemistry) The internal surface of a coiled protein (compare exoface).
- (object-oriented programming) In some languages, a block of code declaring the interface (point of interconnection) between a class and code that interacts with it.
- The point of interconnection or contact between entities.
- (computing) The connection between a user and a machine.
- (object-oriented programming) In object-oriented programming, a piece of code defining a set of operations that other code must implement.
verb
noun
- (computing, slang) A computer, or the case in which it is housed.
- (baseball) The rectangle in which the batter stands.
- (music, slang) A musical instrument, especially one made from boxwood.
- (fencing) A device used in electric fencing to detect whether a weapon has struck an opponent, which connects to a fencer's weapon by a spool and body wire. It uses lights and sound to notify a hit, with different coloured lights for on target and off target hits.
- (geometry, by extension) A rectangular object in any number of dimensions.
- (slang) A cell used for solitary confinement.
- A cuboid container and its contents; as much as fills such a container.
- A cuboid space; a cuboid container, often with a hinged lid.
- (Australia) An evergreen tree of the genus Lophostemon (for example, box scrub, Brisbane box, brush box, pink box, or Queensland box, Lophostemon confertus).
- (juggling) A pattern usually performed with three balls where the movements of the balls make a boxlike shape.
- A compartment to sit inside in an auditorium, courtroom, theatre, or other building.
- The wood from a box tree: boxwood.
- A blow with the fist.
- (lacrosse, informal) Ellipsis of box lacrosse (“indoor form of lacrosse”).
- (rail transport) Ellipsis of signal box.
- (colloquial, chiefly UK, Ireland) Short for squeeze box (“accordion or concertina”)
- Ellipsis of horsebox (“container for transporting horses”).
- (cricket) A hard protector for the genitals worn inside the underpants by a batsman or close fielder.
- (colloquial, chiefly Southern US) A stringed instrument with a soundbox, especially a guitar.
- A compartment or receptacle for receiving items.
- (automotive) Ellipsis of gearbox.
- A numbered receptacle at a newspaper office for anonymous replies to advertisements; see also box number.
- (slang, preceded by the) The television.
- Any of various evergreen shrubs or trees of genus Buxus, especially common box, European box, or boxwood (Buxus sempervirens) which is often used for making hedges and topiary.
- (figuratively) A predicament or trap.
- (slang) A prison cell.
- (aviation) A diamond-shaped flying formation consisting of four aircraft.
- A compartment (as a drawer) of an item of furniture used for storage, such as a cupboard, a shelf, etc.
- (automotive) Ellipsis of stashbox.
- (Australia) Various species of Eucalyptus trees are popularly called various kinds of boxes, on the basis of the nature of their wood, bark, or appearance for example, drooping box (Eucalyptus bicolor), shiny-leaved box (Eucalyptus tereticornis), black box, or ironbark box trees.
- A rectangle: an oblong or a square.
- (motor racing) An area in the pit where the car is repaired and refueled.
- (genetics) One of two specific regions in a promoter.
- (soccer) The penalty area.
- The driver’s seat on a horse-drawn coach.
- (engineering) A cylindrical casing around the axle of a wheel, a bearing, a gland, etc.
- (slang) A gym dedicated to the CrossFit exercise program.
- A small rectangular shelter.
- (cricket) Synonym of gully (“a certain fielding position”).
- (euphemistic) A coffin.
- (slang, vulgar) The vagina.
- the quantity contained in a box
- separate partitioned area in a public place for a few people
- a rectangular drawing
- evergreen shrubs or small trees
- a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid
- any one of several designated areas on a ball field where the batter or catcher or coaches are positioned
- private area in a theater or grandstand where a small group can watch the performance
- a blow with the hand (usually on the ear)
- the driver's seat on a coach
- a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible
verb
- (transitive) To strike with the fists; to punch.
- (motor racing) To enter the pit.
- (transitive) To mix two containers of paint of similar colour to ensure that the color is identical.
- (transitive) Usually followed by in: to surround and enclose in a way that restricts movement; to corner, to hem in.
- (transitive, object-oriented programming) To place a value of a primitive type into a casing object.
- (transitive, boxing) To fight against (a person) in a boxing match.
- (transitive, agriculture) To make an incision or hole in (a tree) for the purpose of procuring the sap.
- (transitive, architecture) To enclose with boarding, lathing, etc., so as to conceal (for example, pipes) or to bring to a required form.
- (transitive) To place inside a box; to pack in one or more boxes.
- (transitive, engineering) To furnish (for example, the axle of a wheel) with a box.
- (intransitive, stative, boxing) To participate in boxing; to be a boxer.
- (transitive, graphic design, printing) To enclose (images, text, etc.) in a box.
- put into a box
- hit with the fist
- engage in a boxing match
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noun
noun
- (science fiction) a fictional region of space designated for navigational or governance purposes.
- (climbing) An area of a crag, consisting of various routes
- (geometry) A portion of a sphere or ball defined by a conical boundary with apex at the center of the sphere.
- (motor racing) A fixed, continuous section of the track, such that sectors do not overlap but all sectors make up the whole track.
- (engineering) A toothed gear whose face is the arc of a circle.
- (military) One of the subdivisions of a coastal frontier.
- A field of economic activity.
- (aviation) In the schedule for an aircraft and its crew, the period starting with preparation of the plane before loading at one airport and ending with deplaning at the next.
- (micronationalism) A community or subculture within the wider intermicronational community.
- (geometry) Part of a circle, extending to the center; circular sector.
- A section.
- (military) An area designated by boundaries within which a unit operates, and for which it is responsible.
- (computer hardware) A fixed-sized unit (traditionally 512 bytes) of sequential data stored on a track of a digital medium.
- (calculation) An instrument consisting of two rulers of equal length joined by a hinge.
- the minimum track length that can be assigned to store information; unless otherwise specified a sector of data consists of 512 bytes
- a social group that forms part of the society or the economy
- measuring instrument consisting of two graduated arms hinged at one end
- a portion of a military position
- a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle
- a particular aspect of life or activity
noun
- (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)
- 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
- sweet dark-red dessert wine originally from Portugal
- (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.
- (computing) A program that has been adapted, modified, or recoded so that it works on a different platform; the act of this adapting.
- 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
adj
verb
- 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
- (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.
noun
- (countable, chiefly science fiction) An intelligent, self-aware computer or computer program.
- (computer science) The branch of computer science dealing with the reproduction or mimicking of human-level intelligence, self-awareness, knowledge, conscience, and thought in computer programs.
- The essential quality of a machine which thinks in a manner similar to or on the same general level as a real human being.
- (proscribed, specifically) Synonym of generative artificial intelligence.
- (video games) A character or entity controlled by the game instead of a player; AI.
- (computing) A computer system or software package which is artificially intelligent.
- the branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively
noun
- (computer science) a computer that provides client stations with access to files and printers as shared resources to a computer network
- archaic terms for army
- a vast multitude
- any organization that provides resources and facilities for a function or event
- the owner or manager of an inn
- a person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers)
- an animal or plant that nourishes and supports a parasite; it does not benefit and is often harmed by the association
- a person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there
- (medicine) recipient of transplanted tissue or organ from a donor
- A paid male companion offering conversation and in some cases sex, as in certain types of bar in Japan.
- A moderator or master of ceremonies for a performance.
- One that provides a facility for an event.
- A multitude of people arrayed as an army; used also in religious senses, as: Heavenly host (of angels)
- (multiplicity) The primary member of a system, typically the member who fronts most often.
- One which receives or entertains a guest, socially, commercially, or officially.
- (Christianity) The consecrated bread of the Eucharist.
- A large number of items; a large inventory.
- (computing, Internet) Any computer attached to a network.
- A person or organization responsible for running an event.
- (ecology) A cell or organism which harbors another organism or biological entity, usually a parasite.
- (evolution, genetics) An organism bearing certain genetic material, with respect to its cells.
verb
noun
- (computer science) a computer that provides client stations with access to files and printers as shared resources to a computer network
- (computing) A computer dedicated to running such programs.
- (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)
- 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.
- (computing) A program that provides services to other programs or devices, either in the same computer or over a computer network.
- (social media) A community space where only those who joined it can communicate in channels.
noun
- Synonym of computer science.
- (computing) A branch of information science and of computer science that focuses on the study of information processing, particularly with respect to systems integration and human interactions with machine and data.
- the sciences concerned with gathering, manipulating, storing, retrieving, and classifying recorded information
noun
- (computer science) A system of instructions and data directly understandable by a computer's central processing unit.
- (computer science) Machine language instructions that can be executed directly by a computer's central processing unit.
- a set of instructions coded so that the computer can use it directly without further translation
noun
- (computer science) the part of a hard disk that is dedicated to a particular operating system or application and accessed as a single unit
- a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another)
- (anatomy) a structure that separates areas in an organism
- the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart
- A vertical structure that divides a room.
- (mathematics) An approach to division in which one asks what the size of each part is, rather than (as in quotition) how many parts there are.
- The division of a territory into two or more autonomous ones.
- (music) A musical score.
- (databases) A division of a database or one of its constituting elements such as tables into separate independent parts.
- A part divided off by walls; an apartment; a compartment.
- An action which divides a thing into parts, or separates one thing from another.
- (set theory) A collection of non-empty, disjoint subsets of a set whose union is the set itself (i.e. all elements of the set are contained in exactly one of the subsets).
- (computing) A division of a data stream, such as a messaging queue or topic (often representing a unit of parallelism, and of fault tolerance).
- A part of something that has been divided.
- That which divides or separates; that by which different things, or distinct parts of the same thing, are separated; boundary; dividing line or space.
- (computing) A section of a hard disk separately formatted.
- (law) The severance of common or undivided interests, particularly in real estate. It may be effected by consent of parties, or by compulsion of law.
verb
noun
- (computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer
- a company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation
- (economics) a measure that is to be maximized in any situation involving choice
- 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
- (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.
- (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.
- (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.
adj
- capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team
- used of beef; usable but inferior
- 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.
noun
- (computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network
- someone who pays for goods or services
- a person who seeks the advice of a lawyer
- (computing) The role of a computer application or system that requests and/or consumes the services provided by another having the role of server.
- (historical) In ancient Rome, retainers and followers associated with a gens.
- Ellipsis of client state.
- A customer, a buyer or receiver of goods or services.
- A person who receives help or services from a professional such as a lawyer or accountant.
- (law) A person who employs or retains an attorney to represent him or her in any legal matter, or one who merely divulges confidential matters to an attorney while pursuing professional assistance without subsequently retaining the attorney.
noun
- (computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network
- a visitor to whom hospitality is extended
- a customer of a hotel or restaurant etc.
- (zoology) An inquiline.
- (computing) A user given temporary access to a system despite not having an account of their own.
- A recipient of hospitality, especially someone staying by invitation at the house of another.
- An invited visitor or performer to an institution or to a broadcast.
- (zoology) Any insect that lives in the nest of another without compulsion and usually not as a parasite.
- A patron or customer in a hotel etc.
verb
noun
- (computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network
- a connecting point at which several lines come together
- (botany) the small swelling that is the part of a plant stem from which one or more leaves emerge
- the source of lymph and lymphocytes
- (physics) the point of minimum displacement in a periodic system
- (astronomy) a point where an orbit crosses a plane
- any bulge or swelling of an anatomical structure or part
- any thickened enlargement
- (rare) The knot, intrigue, or plot of a dramatic work.
- (syntax) A point in a parse tree that can be assigned a syntactic category label.
- (physics) A point along a standing wave where the wave has minimal amplitude.
- (engineering) The point at which the lines of a funicular machine meet from different angular directions.
- (botany) A leaf node.
- (biology) A point in a cladogram from which two clades branch, representing the presumed ancestor.
- (astronomy) The point where the orbit of a planet, as viewed from the Sun, intersects the ecliptic. The ascending and descending nodes refer respectively to the points where the planet moves from South to North and N to S; their respective symbols are ☊ and ☋.
- (geometry) The point at which a curve crosses itself, being a double point of the curve. See crunode and acnode.
- (medicine) A hard concretion or incrustation which forms upon bones attacked with rheumatism, gout, or syphilis; sometimes also, a swelling in the neighborhood of a joint.
- (computational linguistics) The word of interest in a KWIC, surrounded by left and right cotexts.
- A knot, knob, protuberance or swelling.
- (electronics) A region of an electric circuit connected only by (ideal) wires (i.e. the voltage between any two points on the same node must be zero).
- (networking) A computer or other device attached to a network.
- (technical) A hole in the gnomon of a sundial, through which passes the ray of light which marks the hour of the day, the parallels of the Sun's declination, its place in the ecliptic, etc.
- (graph theory) A vertex or a leaf in a graph of a network, or other element in a data structure.
- (geometry) A similar point on a surface, where there is more than one tangent-plane.
noun
- (science fiction) A three-dimensional representation of virtual space in a computer network.
- A world of information accessed through the Internet.
- a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange
noun
- (computer science, by extension) A property of systems where several processes execute at the same time.
- The property or an instance of being concurrent; something that happens at the same time as something else.
- (road transport, civil engineering) A stretch of road that is shared between two or more numbered or named routes.
- agreement of results or opinions
- acting together, as agents or circumstances or events
noun
- (computing, slang) The main computer case containing the central components of a personal computer.
- (computer hardware) Initialism of central processing unit.
- (computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing
- (nursing education) Initialism of clinical practice unit.
- (video games) Any character or entity controlled by the game software.
noun
adj
noun
- a genre of fast-paced science fiction involving oppressive futuristic computerized societies
- a writer of science fiction set in a lawless subculture of an oppressive society dominated by computer technology
- a programmer who breaks into computer systems in order to steal or change or destroy information as a form of cyber-terrorism
- (music, uncountable) A musical genre related to the punk movement that makes use of electronic sounds such as synthesizers.
- (countable) A writer of cyberpunk fiction.
- (countable) A cyberpunk character, a hacker punk, a high-tech low life.
- (science fiction, uncountable) A subgenre of science fiction which focuses on computer or information technology and virtual reality juxtaposed with a degree of breakdown or radical change in the social order.
noun
- (computing) A personal computer, as opposed to computers for business or server purposes.
- (computing) A desktop computer.
- The top surface of a desk.
- (computing, graphical user interface) The main graphical user interface of an operating system, usually displaying icons, windows and background wallpaper.
- (computing, graphical user interface, synecdochic) The wallpaper of this interface.
- (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear
- the top of a desk
adj
noun
- (computing) A set of hardware and software operating in a computer.
- (multiplicity) A set of alters of a person, or the multiple (“an individual with multiple personalities”) who contains them.
- A group or set of related things that operate together as a complex whole.
- (physiology) A set of body organs having a particular function.
- (politics) A socioeconomic formation.
- (music) A set of staves linked by a brace that indicate instruments or sounds that are to be played simultaneously.
- (derogatory, preceded by the, often capitalized) The mainstream culture, controlled by the elites or government of a state, or a combination of them, seen as oppressive to the individual.
- (astronomy) A system in which two or more objects are bound to each other by gravity.
- (roleplaying games) A set of rules for a tabletop roleplaying game.
- (mathematics) A set of equations involving the same variables, which are to be solved simultaneously.
- (countable, uncountable) A method or way of organizing or planning.
- (philosophy) A comprehensive and logically organized set of propositions or philosophical beliefs.
- an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized
- a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts
- a procedure or process for obtaining an objective
- an organized structure for arranging or classifying
- a complex of methods or rules governing behavior
- the living body considered as made up of interdependent components forming a unified whole
- instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity
- (physical chemistry) a sample of matter in which substances in different phases are in equilibrium
- a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole
noun
- (computer science) An operating system component responsible for allocating several resources, most commonly the use of processors by different concurrent processes or threads.
- A person or device that determines a schedule, that determines the order that tasks are to be done.
- computer hardware that arranges jobs to be done by the computer in an appropriate order
noun
- (computer science) the structure and organization of a computer's hardware or system software
- the profession of designing buildings and environments with consideration for their esthetic effect
- the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings
- an architectural product or work
- (computing) A family of CPUs sharing a common instruction set and having partial or full compatibility with software built on each other.
- The art and science of designing and managing the construction of buildings and other structures, particularly if they are well proportioned and decorated.
- Construction, in a more general sense; frame or structure; workmanship.
- The structure and design of a system or product.
- (computing) A specific model of a microchip or CPU.
- Any particular style of building design.
- A unifying structure.
noun
- (computer science) the structure and organization of a computer's hardware or system software
- the art of assembling logical elements into a computing device; the specification of the relation between parts of a computer system
- (computer hardware) The science of computer design.
- (computer hardware) The conceptual structure around which a given computer is designed.
noun
- (slang) Computing.
- (slang) A computer processor.
- (chemistry, uncountable) A nonmetallic element (symbol Si) with an atomic number of 14 and atomic weight of 28.0855.
- Abbreviation of silicon chip.
- (chemistry, countable) A single atom of this element.
- a tetravalent nonmetallic element; next to oxygen it is the most abundant element in the earth's crust; occurs in clay and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand; used as a semiconductor in transistors
noun
- (computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing
- a large digital computer serving 100-400 users and occupying a special air-conditioned room
- (computer hardware) A large, powerful computer able to manage very many simultaneous tasks and communicate with very many connected terminals; used by large, complex organizations (such as banks and supermarkets) where continuously sustained operation is vital.
- (computer hardware) A computer chassis that hosts and interconnects modules that perform various tasks.
- The main frame of a vehicle etc., more commonly main frame.
noun
- (computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing
- someone who processes things (foods or photographs or applicants etc.)
- a business engaged in processing agricultural products and preparing them for market
- A device which processes, which changes something (a computer processor, food processor, etc.).
- A microprocessor.
- A person or institution who processes things (foods, photos, applications, etc.).
- A central processing unit.
noun
- (computing) The central part of many computer operating systems which manages the system's resources and the communication between hardware and software components.
- (mathematics, category theory, of a morphism f:X→Y in a category with zero morphisms) The equalizer of f and the zero morphism from X to Y, denoted operatorname kerf.
- (botany, US) The stone of certain fruits, such as peaches or plums.
- (botany) A single seed of grain, especially of corn or wheat.
- (slang) The human clitoris.
- (computing) The core engine of any complex software system.
- (programming) The simplified input to an algorithm that has undergone kernelization.
- A small mass around which other matter is concreted; a nucleus; a concretion or hard lump in the flesh.
- (calculus) A function used to define an integral transform.
- (chemistry) The nucleus and electrons of an atom excluding its valence electrons.
- (botany) The central (usually edible) part of a nut, especially once the hard shell has been removed.
- (mathematics, linear algebra, of a linear transformation f:M→N between modules or vector spaces) The set of elements of M which are mapped to the additive identity 0 of N.
- (mathematics, set theory, of a function f) The set of pairs of elements in the domain of f which are mapped to the same value; the equivalence relation x≡y⟺f(x)=f(y).
- (mathematics, group theory, of a group homomorphism f:G→H between groups) The set of elements of G which are mapped to the identity of H (usually written as 0 in an additive group and as 1 in a multiplicative group).
- (mathematics, fuzzy set theory) The set of members of a fuzzy set that are fully included (i.e., whose grade of membership is 1).
- (mathematics, ring theory, of a ring homomorphism f:R→S between rings) The set of elements of R which are mapped to the additive identity 0 of S.
- (mathematics, category theory) The source of operatorname kerf, denoted operatorname Kerf.
- The core, center, or essence of an object or system.
- a single whole grain of a cereal
- the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
- the inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut or fruit stone
verb
noun
- (computer science) a program that controls a display for the user (usually on a computer monitor) and that allows the user to interact with the system
- (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)
- the overlap where two theories or phenomena affect each other or have links with each other
- (chemistry) a surface forming a common boundary between two things (two objects or liquids or chemical phases)
- (object-oriented programming) The connection between parts of software; also the public or published sections of an object or module.
- (chemistry, physics) A thin layer or boundary between different substances or two phases of a single substance.
- (computing) The point of interconnection between systems or subsystems.
- (biochemistry) The internal surface of a coiled protein (compare exoface).
- (object-oriented programming) In some languages, a block of code declaring the interface (point of interconnection) between a class and code that interacts with it.
- The point of interconnection or contact between entities.
- (computing) The connection between a user and a machine.
- (object-oriented programming) In object-oriented programming, a piece of code defining a set of operations that other code must implement.
verb
noun
- (computing, slang) A computer, or the case in which it is housed.
- (baseball) The rectangle in which the batter stands.
- (music, slang) A musical instrument, especially one made from boxwood.
- (fencing) A device used in electric fencing to detect whether a weapon has struck an opponent, which connects to a fencer's weapon by a spool and body wire. It uses lights and sound to notify a hit, with different coloured lights for on target and off target hits.
- (geometry, by extension) A rectangular object in any number of dimensions.
- (slang) A cell used for solitary confinement.
- A cuboid container and its contents; as much as fills such a container.
- A cuboid space; a cuboid container, often with a hinged lid.
- (Australia) An evergreen tree of the genus Lophostemon (for example, box scrub, Brisbane box, brush box, pink box, or Queensland box, Lophostemon confertus).
- (juggling) A pattern usually performed with three balls where the movements of the balls make a boxlike shape.
- A compartment to sit inside in an auditorium, courtroom, theatre, or other building.
- The wood from a box tree: boxwood.
- A blow with the fist.
- (lacrosse, informal) Ellipsis of box lacrosse (“indoor form of lacrosse”).
- (rail transport) Ellipsis of signal box.
- (colloquial, chiefly UK, Ireland) Short for squeeze box (“accordion or concertina”)
- Ellipsis of horsebox (“container for transporting horses”).
- (cricket) A hard protector for the genitals worn inside the underpants by a batsman or close fielder.
- (colloquial, chiefly Southern US) A stringed instrument with a soundbox, especially a guitar.
- A compartment or receptacle for receiving items.
- (automotive) Ellipsis of gearbox.
- A numbered receptacle at a newspaper office for anonymous replies to advertisements; see also box number.
- (slang, preceded by the) The television.
- Any of various evergreen shrubs or trees of genus Buxus, especially common box, European box, or boxwood (Buxus sempervirens) which is often used for making hedges and topiary.
- (figuratively) A predicament or trap.
- (slang) A prison cell.
- (aviation) A diamond-shaped flying formation consisting of four aircraft.
- A compartment (as a drawer) of an item of furniture used for storage, such as a cupboard, a shelf, etc.
- (automotive) Ellipsis of stashbox.
- (Australia) Various species of Eucalyptus trees are popularly called various kinds of boxes, on the basis of the nature of their wood, bark, or appearance for example, drooping box (Eucalyptus bicolor), shiny-leaved box (Eucalyptus tereticornis), black box, or ironbark box trees.
- A rectangle: an oblong or a square.
- (motor racing) An area in the pit where the car is repaired and refueled.
- (genetics) One of two specific regions in a promoter.
- (soccer) The penalty area.
- The driver’s seat on a horse-drawn coach.
- (engineering) A cylindrical casing around the axle of a wheel, a bearing, a gland, etc.
- (slang) A gym dedicated to the CrossFit exercise program.
- A small rectangular shelter.
- (cricket) Synonym of gully (“a certain fielding position”).
- (euphemistic) A coffin.
- (slang, vulgar) The vagina.
- the quantity contained in a box
- separate partitioned area in a public place for a few people
- a rectangular drawing
- evergreen shrubs or small trees
- a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid
- any one of several designated areas on a ball field where the batter or catcher or coaches are positioned
- private area in a theater or grandstand where a small group can watch the performance
- a blow with the hand (usually on the ear)
- the driver's seat on a coach
- a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible
verb
- (transitive) To strike with the fists; to punch.
- (motor racing) To enter the pit.
- (transitive) To mix two containers of paint of similar colour to ensure that the color is identical.
- (transitive) Usually followed by in: to surround and enclose in a way that restricts movement; to corner, to hem in.
- (transitive, object-oriented programming) To place a value of a primitive type into a casing object.
- (transitive, boxing) To fight against (a person) in a boxing match.
- (transitive, agriculture) To make an incision or hole in (a tree) for the purpose of procuring the sap.
- (transitive, architecture) To enclose with boarding, lathing, etc., so as to conceal (for example, pipes) or to bring to a required form.
- (transitive) To place inside a box; to pack in one or more boxes.
- (transitive, engineering) To furnish (for example, the axle of a wheel) with a box.
- (intransitive, stative, boxing) To participate in boxing; to be a boxer.
- (transitive, graphic design, printing) To enclose (images, text, etc.) in a box.
- put into a box
- hit with the fist
- engage in a boxing match
noun
- (science fiction) a fictional region of space designated for navigational or governance purposes.
- (climbing) An area of a crag, consisting of various routes
- (geometry) A portion of a sphere or ball defined by a conical boundary with apex at the center of the sphere.
- (motor racing) A fixed, continuous section of the track, such that sectors do not overlap but all sectors make up the whole track.
- (engineering) A toothed gear whose face is the arc of a circle.
- (military) One of the subdivisions of a coastal frontier.
- A field of economic activity.
- (aviation) In the schedule for an aircraft and its crew, the period starting with preparation of the plane before loading at one airport and ending with deplaning at the next.
- (micronationalism) A community or subculture within the wider intermicronational community.
- (geometry) Part of a circle, extending to the center; circular sector.
- A section.
- (military) An area designated by boundaries within which a unit operates, and for which it is responsible.
- (computer hardware) A fixed-sized unit (traditionally 512 bytes) of sequential data stored on a track of a digital medium.
- (calculation) An instrument consisting of two rulers of equal length joined by a hinge.
- the minimum track length that can be assigned to store information; unless otherwise specified a sector of data consists of 512 bytes
- a social group that forms part of the society or the economy
- measuring instrument consisting of two graduated arms hinged at one end
- a portion of a military position
- a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle
- a particular aspect of life or activity
noun
- (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)
- 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
- sweet dark-red dessert wine originally from Portugal
- (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.
- (computing) A program that has been adapted, modified, or recoded so that it works on a different platform; the act of this adapting.
- 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
adj
verb
- 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
- (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.
verb
- (science fiction, ambitransitive) To connect a brain directly to a computer.
- (transitive, idiomatic, British) To stop doing a regular activity, such as a job or studying.
- (music recording, computing, electronics) To insert an electronic coupling into a receptacle; to connect to something, whether involving a physical medium or not.
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