English words for '(computer science) a priority queue data structure'
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noun
- (computing) A type of queue data structure in which the oldest added items are retrieved first.
- (accounting) A method of inventory accounting that values items withdrawn from inventory at the cost of the oldest item assumed to remain in inventory.
- (management) A policy of assigning priority to tasks and assignments that have arrived for service first.
- inventory accounting in which the oldest items (those first acquired) are assumed to be the first sold
noun
- the organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing)
- the general appearance of a publication
- (by extension) The form of presentation of something.
- (radio) The type of programming that a radio station broadcasts; such as a certain genre of music, news, sports, talk, etc.
- The layout of a publication or document.
- (computing) A file type.
verb
- divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data
- determine the arrangement of (data) for storage and display (in computer science)
- set (printed matter) into a specific format
- To create or edit the layout of a document.
- Change a document so it will fit onto a different type of page.
- (computing) To prepare a mass storage medium for initial use, erasing any existing data in the process.
verb
noun
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, less common in North America) A line of people, vehicles or other objects, usually one to be dealt with in sequence (i.e., the one at the front end is dealt with first, the one behind is dealt with next, and so on), and which newcomers join at the opposite end (the back).
- (computing) A data structure in which objects are added to one end, called the tail, and removed from the other, called the head (in the case of a FIFO queue). The term can also refer to a LIFO queue or stack where these ends coincide.
- A waiting list or other means of organizing people or objects into a first-come-first-served order.
- (heraldry) An animal's tail.
- (now historical) A men's hairstyle with a braid or ponytail at the back of the head, such as that worn by men in Imperial China.
- (information processing) an ordered list of tasks to be performed or messages to be transmitted
- a braid of hair at the back of the head
- a line of people or vehicles waiting for something
noun
- (computer science) a statistical theory dealing with the limits and efficiency of information processing
- (mathematics) A branch of applied mathematics and engineering involving the quantification of information sent over a communication channel, disregarding the meaning of the sent messages, exemplified by the noisy-channel coding theorem.
noun
- Initialism of data processing.
- (baseball, softball) Initialism of double play.
- Initialism of dynamic positioning.
- Initialism of display port.
- (chemistry) Initialism of degree of polymerization.
- (motor racing) Abbreviation of Daytona prototype.
- (computing) Initialism of developer preview.
- (film) Initialism of director of photography.
- (grammar) Abbreviation of determiner phrase.
- (nuclear physics) Initialism of decay product.
- (slang) Initialism of dickpic.
- (slang) Initialism of double penetration.
- Initialism of display picture.
- Initialism of displaced person.
- (computer science) Initialism of dynamic programming.
- Initialism of delusional parasitosis.
- a person forced to flee from home or country
name
verb
noun
- (chiefly computing) A large volume of data supplied at the same time.
- (literature) A long section in a work of fiction that reveals often tedious expository information through the voice of the narrator.
- An act of sharing a large amount of information on a subject one is interested in, particularly as an activity by or among autistic people.
verb
noun
- (computing) Initialism of interrupt priority level
- (economics) Initialism of international poverty line.
- (telecommunications) Initialism of international private line.
- (computing) Initialism of initial program load
- (dermatology) Initialism of intense pulsed light.
- (beer, countable) Initialism of India pale lager.
- (law) Initialism of international private law.
name
noun
name
noun
- (computing) A set of data to be processed at one time.
- The quantity of bread or other baked goods baked at one time.
- A bank; a sandbank.
- A field or patch of ground lying near a stream; the dale in which a stream flows.
- (UK, dialect, Midlands) A bread roll.
- A group or collection of things of the same kind, such as a batch of letters or the next batch of business.
- (by extension) A quantity of anything produced at one operation.
- (Philippines) A graduating class; school class.
- a collection of things or persons to be handled together
- all the loaves of bread baked at the same time
- (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent
adj
verb
noun
- (computer science) Initialism of information retrieval.
- (business) Initialism of investor relations.
- (software compilation) Initialism of intermediate representation.
- (disability sport) Initialism of indoor rowing.
- (physics) Initialism of infrared radiation.
- (law enforcement) Initialism of incident report.
- (Ohio, rare) Initialism of interstate route.
- (aviation) Initialism of inertial reference.
- (politics) Initialism of international relations.
- (business) Initialism of industrial relations.
- (sports) Initialism of injured reserve.
- (pharmacology) Initialism of immediate release.
- (physics) Abbreviation of infrared.
- a board of the British government that administers and collects major direct taxes
adj
noun
- (computing) Initialism of communicating sequential processes.
- (solar energy) Abbreviation of concentrated solar power.
- (law enforcement) Initialism of chief superintendent (a police rank).
- (biochemistry) Initialism of circumsporozoite protein.
- (telecommunications) Initialism of communications service provider (“telecommunications company or telco”).
- (mathematics) Initialism of constraint satisfaction problem.
- (Internet) Abbreviation of content security policy.
name
noun
- (computer science) An allocation or ordering of a set of tasks on one or several resources.
- A procedural plan, usually but not necessarily tabular in nature, indicating a sequence of operations and the planned times at which those operations are to occur.
- (US, law, often capitalized) One of the five divisions into which controlled substances are classified, or the restrictions denoted by such classification.
- (law) A written or printed table of information, often forming an annex or appendix to a statute or other regulatory instrument, or to a legal contract.
- A serial record of items, systematically arranged.
- (Australia, law, medicine) One of the nine schedules of the Standard for the Uniform Scheduling of Medicines and Poisons. Identical to the American usage above.
- a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to
- an ordered list of times at which things are planned to occur
verb
- (transitive, US) To classify as a controlled substance.
- (transitive) To plan (an activity or event) for a specific date or time.
- To create a time-schedule.
- (transitive) To add (a name) to the list of those participating in an event; to reserve a place or time for.
- (transitive, Australia, medicine) To admit (a person) to hospital as an involuntary patient under a schedule of the applicable mental health law.
- plan for an activity or event
- make a schedule; plan the time and place for events
noun
- (computer science) Specifically, an append-only sequential record of events written to a file, display, or other data stream.
- (nautical) A floating device, usually of wood, used in navigation to estimate the speed of a vessel through water.
- Synonym of logarithm.
- A unit of length equivalent to 16 feet, used for measuring timber, especially the trunk of a tree.
- (figuratively) A blockhead; a very stupid person.
- A logbook, or journal of a vessel's (or aircraft's) progress.
- (vulgar) A piece of feces, especially a relatively long, solid one, resembling a tree log.
- (mining) A weight or block near the free end of a hoisting rope to prevent it from being drawn through the sheave.
- The trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches.
- Any bulky piece as cut from the above, used as timber, fuel etc.
- (vulgar) A penis.
- (surfing slang) A heavy longboard.
- A chronological record of actions, performances, computer/network usage, etc.
- Anything shaped like a log; a cylinder.
- (sciences) A difference of one in the logarithm, usually in base 10; an order of magnitude.
- (figuratively) A rolled cake with filling.
- (historical units of measure) A Hebrew unit of liquid volume (about ¹⁄₃ liter).
- a segment of the trunk of a tree when stripped of branches
- a written record of events on a voyage (of a ship or plane)
- measuring instrument that consists of a float that trails from a ship by a knotted line in order to measure the ship's speed through the water
- the exponent required to produce a given number
- a written record of messages sent or received
verb
- (intransitive) To cut down trees in an area, harvesting and transporting the logs as wood.
- (transitive) To cut trees into logs.
- (transitive) To travel (a distance) as shown in a logbook.
- (transitive) To make, to add an entry (or more) in a log or logbook.
- (transitive) To cut down (trees).
- (video games) To log out; to disconnect from an online video game.
- (transitive) To travel at a specified speed, as ascertained by a chip log.
- cut lumber, as in woods and forests
- enter into a log, as on ships and planes
noun
phrase
noun
- (computing) The processing of data using computers, and the movement of data between computers.
- (computing) The creation of computer systems and applications, especially those that move data around a computer network, between clients and servers, or over the Internet.
- (computing) The computing and communications department of an organization.
noun
- (computing) Automated collection of data, data scraping.
- Something removed by being scraped.
- The sound or action of something being scraped.
- a harsh noise made by scraping
- a deep bow with the foot drawn backwards (indicating excessive humility)
- (usually plural) a fragment scraped off of something and collected
verb
verb
- (computing, transitive) To measure the performance of various parts of (a program) so as to locate bottlenecks.
- To act based on such a summary, especially one that is a stereotype; to engage in profiling.
- (transitive) To draw in profile or outline.
- (transitive, engineering) To give a definite form by chiselling, milling, etc.
- (transitive) To create a summary or collection of information about (a person, etc.).
- write about
- represent in profile, by drawing or painting
noun
- (countable) The shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side; a side view.
- Character; totality of related characteristics; signature; status (especially in scientific, technical, or military uses).
- (architecture) A section of any member, made at right angles with its main lines, showing the exact shape of mouldings etc.
- (archaeology) A smoothed (e.g., troweled or brushed) vertical surface of an excavation showing evidence of at least one feature or diagnostic specimen; the graphic recording of such as by sketching, photographing, etc.
- (figurative, uncountable) Reputation, prominence; noticeability.
- (countable) A summary or collection of information, especially about a person.
- (countable) The outermost shape, view, or edge of an object.
- (uncountable) The amount by which something protrudes.
- (military slang) An exemption from certain types of duties due to injury or disability.
- (civil engineering) A drawing exhibiting a vertical section of the ground along a surveyed line, or graded work, as of a railway, showing elevations, depressions, grades, etc.
- (computing, countable) A user's preferences.
- (Internet, countable) A specific page or field in which users can provide various types of personal information in software or Internet systems.
- a vertical section of the Earth's crust showing the different horizons or layers
- biographical sketch
- an analysis (often in graphical form) representing the extent to which something exhibits various characteristics
- degree of exposure to public notice
- an outline of something (especially a human face as seen from one side)
noun
- (computing, databases) A data structure that improves the performance of operations on a table.
- (computing, especially programming and databases) An integer or other key indicating the location of data, e.g. within an array, vector, database table, associative array, or hash table.
- (mathematics) A raised suffix indicating a power.
- (typography) A symbol resembling a pointing hand, used to direct particular attention to a note or paragraph.
- (sciences) A number representing a property or ratio; a coefficient.
- A sign; an indication; a token.
- That which points out; that which shows, indicates, manifests, or discloses.
- A movable finger on a gauge, scale, etc.
- (linguistics) A type of noun where the meaning of the form changes with respect to the context; e.g., 'Today's newspaper' is an indexical form since its referent will differ depending on the context. See also icon and symbol.
- (algebra, index of a subgroup) The number of cosets that exist.
- An alphabetical listing of items and their location.
- (economics) A single number calculated from an array of prices or of quantities.
- The index finger; the forefinger.
- the finger next to the thumb
- a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself
- an alphabetical listing of names and topics along with page numbers where they are discussed
- a number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts; can reveal relative changes as a function of time
- a numerical scale used to compare variables with one another or with some reference number
verb
- (computing) To access a value in a data container by an index.
- To measure by an associated value.
- (transitive) To arrange an index for something, especially a long text.
- (linguistics, transitive) To be indexical for (some situation or state of affairs); to indicate.
- To inventory; to take stock.
- (chiefly economics) To normalise in order to account for inflation; to correct for inflation by linking to a price index in order to maintain real levels.
- (mechanical engineering, transitive) To use a mechanism to move an object to a precise location.
- adjust through indexation
- list in an index
- provide with an index
noun
- (computing) Initialism of electronic data processing.
- (pharmacology) Initialism of estradiol dipropionate.
- Initialism of eau de parfum
- Initialism of emotionally disturbed person.
- (biochemistry) Initialism of elastin-derived peptide.
- Initialism of erythema dyschromicum perstans.
- automatic data processing by electronic means without the use of tabulating cards or punched tapes
name
verb
- (computing, informal, intransitive) To take priority.
- (transitive) To triumph or achieve victory in (a game, a war, etc.).
- (intransitive) To have power, coercion or control.
- (intransitive) To achieve victory.
- (transitive, Scotland) To dry by exposure to the wind.
- (transitive, mining) To extract (ore, coal, etc.).
- (transitive, informal) To defeat or surpass someone or something.
- (transitive, intransitive) To reach some destination or object, despite difficulty or toil (now usually intransitive, with preposition or locative adverb).
- (transitive) To obtain (something desired).
- (transitive) To gain (a prize) by succeeding in competition or contest.
- (transitive) To obtain (someone) by wooing; to make an ally or friend of (frequently with over).
- (transitive) To cause a victory for someone.
- acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions
- win something through one's efforts
- obtain advantages, such as points, etc.
- attain success or reach a desired goal
- be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious
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noun
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adj
- (computing) Of a data structure: having uneven levels.
- Rough; shaggy; rugged.
- (music) Performed in a syncopated manner, especially in ragtime.
- Wearing tattered clothes.
- Harsh-sounding; having an unpleasant noise
- Faulty; lacking in skill, reliability, or organization.
- In tatters, having the texture broken.
- Having rough edges; jagged or uneven
- (typography, of a block of type) Not justified; having an uneven vertical margin.
- worn out from stress or strain
- being or dressed in clothes that are worn or torn
- having an irregular outline
verb
noun
- (computing, countable) A group of coordinated servers.
- (historical) The letting-out of public revenue to a ‘farmer’; the privilege of farming a tax or taxes.
- (historical) A baby farm.
- (countable) A tract of land held on lease for the purpose of cultivation.
- The body of farmers of public revenues.
- The condition of being let at a fixed rent; lease; a lease.
- (countable, often in combination) A location used for an industrial purpose, having many similar structures.
- (countable) A place where agricultural and similar activities take place, especially the growing of crops or the raising of livestock.
- (historical) A fixed yearly sum accepted from a person as a composition for taxes or other moneys which he is empowered to collect; also, a fixed charge imposed on a town, county, etc., in respect of a tax or taxes to be collected within its limits.
- workplace consisting of farm buildings and cultivated land as a unit
verb
- (Internet slang, derogatory, in compound terms) To act performatively or deliberately to elicit a desired response.
- (Internet slang, online gaming) To engage in grinding (repetitive activity) in a particular area or against specific enemies for a particular drop or item.
- (UK, dialectal) To cleanse; clean out; put in order; empty; empty out
- (transitive) To grow (a particular crop).
- (intransitive) To work on a farm, especially in the growing and harvesting of crops.
- (transitive) To devote (land) to farming.
- (Internet) To cultivate and/or disseminate through artificial algorithm-incentivized means, especially in the a way that misinforms or causes harm.
- To give up to another, as an estate, a business, the revenue, etc., on condition of receiving in return a percentage of what it yields; to farm out.
- collect fees or profits
- be a farmer; work as a farmer
- cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques
noun
- (computing) A piece of software responsible for assigning priorities and resources to tasks waiting to be scheduled.
- Agent noun of dispatch; one who dispatches.
- (gambling, slang) Any die used for cheating, whether fraudulently weighted or bearing duplicate numbers.
- In a transportation organization, a person who controls the movements of vehicles.
- employee of a transportation company who controls the departures of vehicles according to weather conditions and in the interest of efficient service
- the official who signals the beginning of a race or competition
noun
- (countable) The group of computers involved in this practice.
- (uncountable) A method of transferring a computer file from one computer to another by copying it to a floppy disk, thumb drive, or some other external storage device, carrying the device to the other computer, and saving the file there, in contrast to electronic methods used by networked computers to transfer data.
noun
- computer hardware that arranges jobs to be done by the computer in an appropriate order
- A person or device that determines a schedule, that determines the order that tasks are to be done.
- (computer science) An operating system component responsible for allocating several resources, most commonly the use of processors by different concurrent processes or threads.
noun
- (computing) A type of queue data structure in which the oldest added items are retrieved first.
- (accounting) A method of inventory accounting that values items withdrawn from inventory at the cost of the oldest item assumed to remain in inventory.
- (management) A policy of assigning priority to tasks and assignments that have arrived for service first.
- inventory accounting in which the oldest items (those first acquired) are assumed to be the first sold
noun
- the organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing)
- the general appearance of a publication
- (by extension) The form of presentation of something.
- (radio) The type of programming that a radio station broadcasts; such as a certain genre of music, news, sports, talk, etc.
- The layout of a publication or document.
- (computing) A file type.
verb
- divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data
- determine the arrangement of (data) for storage and display (in computer science)
- set (printed matter) into a specific format
- To create or edit the layout of a document.
- Change a document so it will fit onto a different type of page.
- (computing) To prepare a mass storage medium for initial use, erasing any existing data in the process.
noun
- (computer science) a statistical theory dealing with the limits and efficiency of information processing
- (mathematics) A branch of applied mathematics and engineering involving the quantification of information sent over a communication channel, disregarding the meaning of the sent messages, exemplified by the noisy-channel coding theorem.
noun
- Initialism of data processing.
- (baseball, softball) Initialism of double play.
- Initialism of dynamic positioning.
- Initialism of display port.
- (chemistry) Initialism of degree of polymerization.
- (motor racing) Abbreviation of Daytona prototype.
- (computing) Initialism of developer preview.
- (film) Initialism of director of photography.
- (grammar) Abbreviation of determiner phrase.
- (nuclear physics) Initialism of decay product.
- (slang) Initialism of dickpic.
- (slang) Initialism of double penetration.
- Initialism of display picture.
- Initialism of displaced person.
- (computer science) Initialism of dynamic programming.
- Initialism of delusional parasitosis.
- a person forced to flee from home or country
name
verb
noun
- (chiefly computing) A large volume of data supplied at the same time.
- (literature) A long section in a work of fiction that reveals often tedious expository information through the voice of the narrator.
- An act of sharing a large amount of information on a subject one is interested in, particularly as an activity by or among autistic people.
verb
noun
- (computing) Initialism of interrupt priority level
- (economics) Initialism of international poverty line.
- (telecommunications) Initialism of international private line.
- (computing) Initialism of initial program load
- (dermatology) Initialism of intense pulsed light.
- (beer, countable) Initialism of India pale lager.
- (law) Initialism of international private law.
name
noun
name
noun
- (computing) A set of data to be processed at one time.
- The quantity of bread or other baked goods baked at one time.
- A bank; a sandbank.
- A field or patch of ground lying near a stream; the dale in which a stream flows.
- (UK, dialect, Midlands) A bread roll.
- A group or collection of things of the same kind, such as a batch of letters or the next batch of business.
- (by extension) A quantity of anything produced at one operation.
- (Philippines) A graduating class; school class.
- a collection of things or persons to be handled together
- all the loaves of bread baked at the same time
- (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent
adj
verb
noun
- (computer science) Initialism of information retrieval.
- (business) Initialism of investor relations.
- (software compilation) Initialism of intermediate representation.
- (disability sport) Initialism of indoor rowing.
- (physics) Initialism of infrared radiation.
- (law enforcement) Initialism of incident report.
- (Ohio, rare) Initialism of interstate route.
- (aviation) Initialism of inertial reference.
- (politics) Initialism of international relations.
- (business) Initialism of industrial relations.
- (sports) Initialism of injured reserve.
- (pharmacology) Initialism of immediate release.
- (physics) Abbreviation of infrared.
- a board of the British government that administers and collects major direct taxes
adj
noun
- (computing) Initialism of communicating sequential processes.
- (solar energy) Abbreviation of concentrated solar power.
- (law enforcement) Initialism of chief superintendent (a police rank).
- (biochemistry) Initialism of circumsporozoite protein.
- (telecommunications) Initialism of communications service provider (“telecommunications company or telco”).
- (mathematics) Initialism of constraint satisfaction problem.
- (Internet) Abbreviation of content security policy.
name
noun
- (computer science) An allocation or ordering of a set of tasks on one or several resources.
- A procedural plan, usually but not necessarily tabular in nature, indicating a sequence of operations and the planned times at which those operations are to occur.
- (US, law, often capitalized) One of the five divisions into which controlled substances are classified, or the restrictions denoted by such classification.
- (law) A written or printed table of information, often forming an annex or appendix to a statute or other regulatory instrument, or to a legal contract.
- A serial record of items, systematically arranged.
- (Australia, law, medicine) One of the nine schedules of the Standard for the Uniform Scheduling of Medicines and Poisons. Identical to the American usage above.
- a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to
- an ordered list of times at which things are planned to occur
verb
- (transitive, US) To classify as a controlled substance.
- (transitive) To plan (an activity or event) for a specific date or time.
- To create a time-schedule.
- (transitive) To add (a name) to the list of those participating in an event; to reserve a place or time for.
- (transitive, Australia, medicine) To admit (a person) to hospital as an involuntary patient under a schedule of the applicable mental health law.
- plan for an activity or event
- make a schedule; plan the time and place for events
noun
- (computer science) Specifically, an append-only sequential record of events written to a file, display, or other data stream.
- (nautical) A floating device, usually of wood, used in navigation to estimate the speed of a vessel through water.
- Synonym of logarithm.
- A unit of length equivalent to 16 feet, used for measuring timber, especially the trunk of a tree.
- (figuratively) A blockhead; a very stupid person.
- A logbook, or journal of a vessel's (or aircraft's) progress.
- (vulgar) A piece of feces, especially a relatively long, solid one, resembling a tree log.
- (mining) A weight or block near the free end of a hoisting rope to prevent it from being drawn through the sheave.
- The trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches.
- Any bulky piece as cut from the above, used as timber, fuel etc.
- (vulgar) A penis.
- (surfing slang) A heavy longboard.
- A chronological record of actions, performances, computer/network usage, etc.
- Anything shaped like a log; a cylinder.
- (sciences) A difference of one in the logarithm, usually in base 10; an order of magnitude.
- (figuratively) A rolled cake with filling.
- (historical units of measure) A Hebrew unit of liquid volume (about ¹⁄₃ liter).
- a segment of the trunk of a tree when stripped of branches
- a written record of events on a voyage (of a ship or plane)
- measuring instrument that consists of a float that trails from a ship by a knotted line in order to measure the ship's speed through the water
- the exponent required to produce a given number
- a written record of messages sent or received
verb
- (intransitive) To cut down trees in an area, harvesting and transporting the logs as wood.
- (transitive) To cut trees into logs.
- (transitive) To travel (a distance) as shown in a logbook.
- (transitive) To make, to add an entry (or more) in a log or logbook.
- (transitive) To cut down (trees).
- (video games) To log out; to disconnect from an online video game.
- (transitive) To travel at a specified speed, as ascertained by a chip log.
- cut lumber, as in woods and forests
- enter into a log, as on ships and planes
noun
phrase
noun
- (computing) The processing of data using computers, and the movement of data between computers.
- (computing) The creation of computer systems and applications, especially those that move data around a computer network, between clients and servers, or over the Internet.
- (computing) The computing and communications department of an organization.
noun
- (computing) Automated collection of data, data scraping.
- Something removed by being scraped.
- The sound or action of something being scraped.
- a harsh noise made by scraping
- a deep bow with the foot drawn backwards (indicating excessive humility)
- (usually plural) a fragment scraped off of something and collected
verb
noun
- (computing, databases) A data structure that improves the performance of operations on a table.
- (computing, especially programming and databases) An integer or other key indicating the location of data, e.g. within an array, vector, database table, associative array, or hash table.
- (mathematics) A raised suffix indicating a power.
- (typography) A symbol resembling a pointing hand, used to direct particular attention to a note or paragraph.
- (sciences) A number representing a property or ratio; a coefficient.
- A sign; an indication; a token.
- That which points out; that which shows, indicates, manifests, or discloses.
- A movable finger on a gauge, scale, etc.
- (linguistics) A type of noun where the meaning of the form changes with respect to the context; e.g., 'Today's newspaper' is an indexical form since its referent will differ depending on the context. See also icon and symbol.
- (algebra, index of a subgroup) The number of cosets that exist.
- An alphabetical listing of items and their location.
- (economics) A single number calculated from an array of prices or of quantities.
- The index finger; the forefinger.
- the finger next to the thumb
- a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself
- an alphabetical listing of names and topics along with page numbers where they are discussed
- a number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts; can reveal relative changes as a function of time
- a numerical scale used to compare variables with one another or with some reference number
verb
- (computing) To access a value in a data container by an index.
- To measure by an associated value.
- (transitive) To arrange an index for something, especially a long text.
- (linguistics, transitive) To be indexical for (some situation or state of affairs); to indicate.
- To inventory; to take stock.
- (chiefly economics) To normalise in order to account for inflation; to correct for inflation by linking to a price index in order to maintain real levels.
- (mechanical engineering, transitive) To use a mechanism to move an object to a precise location.
- adjust through indexation
- list in an index
- provide with an index
noun
- (computing) Initialism of electronic data processing.
- (pharmacology) Initialism of estradiol dipropionate.
- Initialism of eau de parfum
- Initialism of emotionally disturbed person.
- (biochemistry) Initialism of elastin-derived peptide.
- Initialism of erythema dyschromicum perstans.
- automatic data processing by electronic means without the use of tabulating cards or punched tapes
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- (computing, countable) A group of coordinated servers.
- (historical) The letting-out of public revenue to a ‘farmer’; the privilege of farming a tax or taxes.
- (historical) A baby farm.
- (countable) A tract of land held on lease for the purpose of cultivation.
- The body of farmers of public revenues.
- The condition of being let at a fixed rent; lease; a lease.
- (countable, often in combination) A location used for an industrial purpose, having many similar structures.
- (countable) A place where agricultural and similar activities take place, especially the growing of crops or the raising of livestock.
- (historical) A fixed yearly sum accepted from a person as a composition for taxes or other moneys which he is empowered to collect; also, a fixed charge imposed on a town, county, etc., in respect of a tax or taxes to be collected within its limits.
- workplace consisting of farm buildings and cultivated land as a unit
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- (Internet slang, derogatory, in compound terms) To act performatively or deliberately to elicit a desired response.
- (Internet slang, online gaming) To engage in grinding (repetitive activity) in a particular area or against specific enemies for a particular drop or item.
- (UK, dialectal) To cleanse; clean out; put in order; empty; empty out
- (transitive) To grow (a particular crop).
- (intransitive) To work on a farm, especially in the growing and harvesting of crops.
- (transitive) To devote (land) to farming.
- (Internet) To cultivate and/or disseminate through artificial algorithm-incentivized means, especially in the a way that misinforms or causes harm.
- To give up to another, as an estate, a business, the revenue, etc., on condition of receiving in return a percentage of what it yields; to farm out.
- collect fees or profits
- be a farmer; work as a farmer
- cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques
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- (computing) A piece of software responsible for assigning priorities and resources to tasks waiting to be scheduled.
- Agent noun of dispatch; one who dispatches.
- (gambling, slang) Any die used for cheating, whether fraudulently weighted or bearing duplicate numbers.
- In a transportation organization, a person who controls the movements of vehicles.
- employee of a transportation company who controls the departures of vehicles according to weather conditions and in the interest of efficient service
- the official who signals the beginning of a race or competition
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- (countable) The group of computers involved in this practice.
- (uncountable) A method of transferring a computer file from one computer to another by copying it to a floppy disk, thumb drive, or some other external storage device, carrying the device to the other computer, and saving the file there, in contrast to electronic methods used by networked computers to transfer data.
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- computer hardware that arranges jobs to be done by the computer in an appropriate order
- A person or device that determines a schedule, that determines the order that tasks are to be done.
- (computer science) An operating system component responsible for allocating several resources, most commonly the use of processors by different concurrent processes or threads.
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- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, less common in North America) A line of people, vehicles or other objects, usually one to be dealt with in sequence (i.e., the one at the front end is dealt with first, the one behind is dealt with next, and so on), and which newcomers join at the opposite end (the back).
- (computing) A data structure in which objects are added to one end, called the tail, and removed from the other, called the head (in the case of a FIFO queue). The term can also refer to a LIFO queue or stack where these ends coincide.
- A waiting list or other means of organizing people or objects into a first-come-first-served order.
- (heraldry) An animal's tail.
- (now historical) A men's hairstyle with a braid or ponytail at the back of the head, such as that worn by men in Imperial China.
- (information processing) an ordered list of tasks to be performed or messages to be transmitted
- a braid of hair at the back of the head
- a line of people or vehicles waiting for something
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- (computing, transitive) To measure the performance of various parts of (a program) so as to locate bottlenecks.
- To act based on such a summary, especially one that is a stereotype; to engage in profiling.
- (transitive) To draw in profile or outline.
- (transitive, engineering) To give a definite form by chiselling, milling, etc.
- (transitive) To create a summary or collection of information about (a person, etc.).
- write about
- represent in profile, by drawing or painting
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- (countable) The shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side; a side view.
- Character; totality of related characteristics; signature; status (especially in scientific, technical, or military uses).
- (architecture) A section of any member, made at right angles with its main lines, showing the exact shape of mouldings etc.
- (archaeology) A smoothed (e.g., troweled or brushed) vertical surface of an excavation showing evidence of at least one feature or diagnostic specimen; the graphic recording of such as by sketching, photographing, etc.
- (figurative, uncountable) Reputation, prominence; noticeability.
- (countable) A summary or collection of information, especially about a person.
- (countable) The outermost shape, view, or edge of an object.
- (uncountable) The amount by which something protrudes.
- (military slang) An exemption from certain types of duties due to injury or disability.
- (civil engineering) A drawing exhibiting a vertical section of the ground along a surveyed line, or graded work, as of a railway, showing elevations, depressions, grades, etc.
- (computing, countable) A user's preferences.
- (Internet, countable) A specific page or field in which users can provide various types of personal information in software or Internet systems.
- a vertical section of the Earth's crust showing the different horizons or layers
- biographical sketch
- an analysis (often in graphical form) representing the extent to which something exhibits various characteristics
- degree of exposure to public notice
- an outline of something (especially a human face as seen from one side)
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- (computing, informal, intransitive) To take priority.
- (transitive) To triumph or achieve victory in (a game, a war, etc.).
- (intransitive) To have power, coercion or control.
- (intransitive) To achieve victory.
- (transitive, Scotland) To dry by exposure to the wind.
- (transitive, mining) To extract (ore, coal, etc.).
- (transitive, informal) To defeat or surpass someone or something.
- (transitive, intransitive) To reach some destination or object, despite difficulty or toil (now usually intransitive, with preposition or locative adverb).
- (transitive) To obtain (something desired).
- (transitive) To gain (a prize) by succeeding in competition or contest.
- (transitive) To obtain (someone) by wooing; to make an ally or friend of (frequently with over).
- (transitive) To cause a victory for someone.
- acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions
- win something through one's efforts
- obtain advantages, such as points, etc.
- attain success or reach a desired goal
- be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious
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- (computing) Of a data structure: having uneven levels.
- Rough; shaggy; rugged.
- (music) Performed in a syncopated manner, especially in ragtime.
- Wearing tattered clothes.
- Harsh-sounding; having an unpleasant noise
- Faulty; lacking in skill, reliability, or organization.
- In tatters, having the texture broken.
- Having rough edges; jagged or uneven
- (typography, of a block of type) Not justified; having an uneven vertical margin.
- worn out from stress or strain
- being or dressed in clothes that are worn or torn
- having an irregular outline