English words for '(computing) A user of CP/M.'
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noun
- (computing) A computer program.
- (politics) A set of principal goals which someone, especially a political party or candidate, supports.
- (broadcasting) A performance of a show or other broadcast on radio or television.
- (especially in the phrase "get with the program") A particular mindset or method of doing things.
- (music, computing) A custom tracklist.
- A leaflet listing information about a play, game or other activity.
- A set of structured activities; a plan of action.
- an announcement of the events that will occur as part of a theatrical or sporting event
- a radio or television show
- a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished
- a performance (or series of performances) at a public presentation
- an integrated course of academic studies
- a system of projects or services intended to meet a public need
- (computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute
- a document stating the aims and principles of a political party
verb
- (transitive) To cause to automatically behave in a particular way.
- (broadcasting) To schedule the programming; to determine what will be broadcast.
- (transitive) To put together the schedule of an event.
- (transitive) To enter a program or other instructions into (a computer or other electronic device) to instruct it to do a particular task.
- (transitive) To develop (software) by writing program code.
- arrange a program of or for
- write a computer program
noun
- (computing) One who writes computer programs.
- A device that installs or controls a software program in some other machine.
- (radio, television) One who decides which programs will be shown on a television station, or which songs will be played on a radio station.
- a person who designs and writes and tests computer programs
noun
- (programming) A register or variable used for holding the intermediate results of a computation or data transfer.
- (UK, education, historical) One who takes two higher degrees simultaneously, to reduce their length of study.
- (British) A wet-cell storage battery.
- (cryptography) A one way membership function.
- (literal) One who, or that which, accumulates.
- (manufacturing) A vessel containing pressurized hot water ready for release as steam.
- (mechanics) A system of elastic springs for relieving the strain upon a rope, as in deep-sea dredging.
- (finance) A derivative contract under which the seller commits to sell shares of an underlying security at a certain strike price, which the buyer is obligated to buy.
- (gambling) A collective bet on successive events, with both stake and winnings being carried forward to accumulate progressively.
- (engineering, hydraulics) A container which stores hydraulic power for release, in the form of a pressurized fluid (often suspended within a larger tank of fluid under pressure).
- a voltaic battery that stores electric charge
- (computer science) a register that has a built-in adder that adds an input number to the contents of the register
- a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes)
noun
- A master in computer science and application.
- (astronomy) Initialism of Mars-crossing asteroid.
- (nautical) Initialism of Maritime and Coastguard Agency
- (anatomy) Initialism of middle cerebral artery.
- (computing) Initialism of Micro Channel architecture (“a computer bus standard for connecting internal components”)
- Initialism of multiple congenital anomalies
- (aviation) Initialism of minimum crossing altitude.
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- (slang) Computing.
- (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.
- (slang) A computer processor.
- 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
- (computing) One who ports software (makes it usable on another platform).
- (beer, Ireland) Stout (malt brew).
- (countable, bowling) An employee who clears and cleans tables and puts bowling balls away.
- (countable, uncountable, beer) A strong, dark ale, originally favored by porters (etymology 1, sense 1), similar to a stout but less strong.
- (entomology) An ant having the specialized role of carrying.
- A person who carries luggage and related objects.
- (countable) A person in control of the entrance to a building.
- someone who guards an entrance
- a very dark sweet ale brewed from roasted unmalted barley
- a person employed to carry luggage and supplies
- a railroad employee who assists passengers (especially on sleeping cars)
verb
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- (computing) The connection between a user and a machine.
- (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.
- (object-oriented programming) In object-oriented programming, a piece of code defining a set of operations that other code must implement.
- the overlap where two theories or phenomena affect each other or have links with each other
- (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
- (chemistry) a surface forming a common boundary between two things (two objects or liquids or chemical phases)
- (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)
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- (computing) A computer program that monitors something.
- (computing) A musician who writes music in a tracker.
- (US politics) A person employed to follow and monitor a political rival.
- (file sharing) Server software that coordinates peers in the BitTorrent protocol.
- In an organ, a light strip of wood connecting (in path) a key and a pallet, to communicate motion by pulling.
- Agent noun of track; one who, or that which, tracks or pursues, as a man or dog that follows game.
- (finance) A tracker mortgage.
- (Australia) An Indigenous Australian employed by the law to track down fugitives and missing persons.
- (computing) A type of computer software for composing music by aligning notes or samples on parallel timelines.
- someone who tracks down game
noun
- (computing) The carrying out of an instruction, program or program segment by a computer.
- The act, manner or style of executing (actions, maneuvers, performances).
- The state of being accomplished.
- (law) The carrying into effect of a court judgment, or of a will.
- (law) The formal process by which a contract is made valid and put into binding effect.
- The act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty, or actions so associated.
- putting a condemned person to death
- (law) the completion of a legal instrument (such as a contract or deed) by signing it (and perhaps sealing and delivering it) so that it becomes legally binding and enforceable
- the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it
- the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order
- unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being
- (computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer
- a routine court order that attempts to enforce the judgment that has been granted to a plaintiff by authorizing a sheriff to carry it out
noun
- (computing) A person who uses a computer or a computing network, especially a person who has received a user account.
- A person who uses drugs, especially illegal drugs.
- (derogatory) An exploiter, an abuser (a person who exploits others, that is treats and regards people unfairly, selfishly or unethically).
- (Internet, informal) Clipping of username.
- One who uses or makes use of something, a consumer or client or an express or implied licensee (free user) or a trespasser.
- a person who uses something or someone selfishly or unethically
- a person who makes use of a thing; someone who uses or employs something
- a person who takes drugs
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- (computing) The act of writing a computer program.
- Brain-washing.
- (psychology) A conditioned response.
- (broadcasting) The designing, scheduling or planning of a radio or television program/programme.
- The software that controls a machine, or the logic expressed in such software; operating instructions.
- The design and scheduling of a performance such as ballet.
- creating a sequence of instructions to enable the computer to do something
- setting an order and time for planned events
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- (computer science) Machine language instructions that can be executed directly by a computer's central processing unit.
- (computer science) A system of instructions and data directly understandable by a computer's central processing unit.
- a set of instructions coded so that the computer can use it directly without further translation
noun
- (computing) A computer dedicated to running such programs.
- 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.
- (computer science) a computer that provides client stations with access to files and printers as shared resources to a computer network
- (court games) the player who serves to start a point
- utensil used in serving food or drink
- a person whose occupation is to serve at table (as in a restaurant)
noun
- (programming) A list of items on which user operations will take place. ᵂᵖ
- A musical piece.
- (historical) The free selection before survey of crown land in some Australian colonies under land legislation introduced in the 1860s. ᵂᵖ
- (algebra) A unary operation that denotes a subset of a relation.
- (biology) Ellipsis of natural selection.
- (biology) The stage of a genetic algorithm in which individual genomes are chosen from a population for later breeding. ᵂᵖ
- Something selected.
- (Australia) A plot of land, or farm, thus selected.
- A variety of items taken from a larger collection.
- The process or act of selecting.
- (linguistics) The ability of predicates to determine the semantic content of their arguments. ᵂᵖ
- (databases) A set of data obtained from a database using a query.
- a passage selected from a larger work
- a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment
- an assortment of things from which a choice can be made
- the person or thing chosen or selected
- the act of choosing or selecting
noun
- (computing) A person who makes heavy use of computers, running many applications and capable of using advanced functionality.
- (computing) A computer user who seeks and uses products having the most features and the fastest performance.
- (computing) a computer user who needs the fastest and most powerful computers available
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- (computing) A hand-held micro-computer that will perform specific tasks; can be used as an electronic diary, alarm clock, recorder of memos and notes, a portable database etc.
- A person who arranges the details of a public event.
- (medicine) A group of cells that, together with the evocator, control differentiation in the embryo; the inductor
- a recipient, such as a box or a case, used for storing gadgets, trinkets and other knick-knacks; an organizer box
- A non-electronic notebook or calendar or something similar, used to organize one's affairs.
- a lightweight consumer electronic device that looks like a hand-held computer but instead performs specific tasks; can serve as a diary or a personal database or a telephone or an alarm clock etc.
- someone who enlists workers to join a union
- a person who brings order and organization to an enterprise
noun
- (computing) A computer program that emulates a physical terminal.
- A rate charged on all freight, regardless of distance, and supposed to cover the expenses of station service, as distinct from mileage rate, generally proportionate to the distance and intended to cover movement expenses.
- An electric contact on a battery.
- A storage tank for bulk liquids (such as oil or chemicals) prior to further distribution.
- (computing theory) A terminal symbol in a formal grammar.
- (computing) A device for entering data into a computer or a communications system and/or displaying data received, especially a device equipped with a keyboard and some sort of textual display.
- A harbour facility where ferries embark and disembark passengers and load and unload vehicles.
- (telecommunications) The apparatus to send and/or receive signals on a line, such as a telephone or network device.
- A building in an airport where passengers transfer from ground transportation to the facilities that allow them to board airplanes.
- A rail station where service begins and ends; the end of the line. For example: Grand Central Terminal in New York City.
- A town lying at the end of a railroad, in which the terminal is located; more properly called a terminus.
- (electricity, electronics) The end of a line (wire, cable, etc) where signals or power are either transmitted or received, or a point along the length of a line where the signals or power are made available to apparatus; the hardware attached to the line in this spot, which allows connections to be fastened.
- (biology) The end ramification (of an axon, etc.) or one of the extremities of a polypeptide.
- electronic equipment consisting of a device providing access to a computer; has a keyboard and display
- station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods
- either extremity of something that has length
- a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves
adj
- Appearing at the end; top or apex of a physical object.
- Occurring at the end of a word, sentence, or period of time, and serves to terminate it
- Fatal; resulting in death.
- causing or ending in or approaching death
- being or situated at an end
- of or relating to or situated at the ends of a delivery route
- relating to or occurring in a term or fixed period of time
- occurring at or forming an end or termination
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- (computing) A device or program that transcribes data.
- A person who transcribes; a transcriptionist.
- a person who translates written messages from one language to another
- a musician who adapts a composition for particular voices or instruments or for another style of performance
- someone who rewrites in a different script
- someone who makes a written version of spoken material
- someone who represents the sounds of speech in phonetic notation
noun
- (computing) One who is responsible for software installation, management, information and maintenance of a computer or network.
- (law) A person who manages or settles the estate of an intestate, or of a testator when there is no competent executor; one to whom the right of administration has been committed by competent authority
- One who administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager.
- the party appointed by a probate court to distribute the estate of someone who dies without a will or without naming an executor
- someone who manages a government agency or department
- someone who administers a business
noun
- (computing) A computer.
- (politics, chiefly US) The system of special interest groups that supports a political party, especially in urban areas.
- Especially, the group that controls a political or similar organization; a combination of persons acting together for a common purpose, with the agencies which they use.
- (poetry) Supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being introduced to perform some exploit.
- A device that directs and controls energy, often in the form of movement or electricity, to produce a certain effect.
- (historical) A contrivance in the Ancient Greek theatre for indicating a change of scene, by means of which a god might cross the stage or deliver a divine message; the deus ex machina.
- (figuratively) A person or organisation that seemingly acts like a machine, being particularly efficient, single-minded, or unemotional.
- (telephony, abbreviation) An answering machine or, by extension, voice mail.
- any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks
- an efficient person
- a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
- an intricate organization that accomplishes its goals efficiently
- a device for overcoming resistance at one point by applying force at some other point
- a group that controls the activities of a political party
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- (computing) To accomplish a difficult programming task.
- To use as a hack; to let out for hire.
- To play hackeysack.
- To drive a hackney cab.
- (ice hockey) To make a flailing attempt to hit the puck with a hockey stick.
- (transitive, slang, computing, by extension) To gain unauthorized access to a computer or online account belonging to (a person or organisation).
- (transitive) To strike lightly as part of tapotement massage.
- (falconry) To keep (young hawks) in a state of partial freedom, before they are trained.
- (intransitive, video games) To cheat by using unauthorized modifications.
- (transitive, colloquial, by extension) To apply a trick, shortcut, skill, or novel method to something to increase productivity, efficiency or ease.
- (baseball) To swing at a pitched ball.
- (computing) To make a quick code change to patch a computer program, often one that, while being effective, is inelegant or makes the program harder to maintain.
- (intransitive) To cough noisily.
- (equestrianism) To ride a horse at a regular pace; to ride on a road (as opposed to riding cross-country etc.).
- To withstand or put up with a difficult situation.
- (transitive) To chop or cut down in a rough manner.
- (computing, slang, transitive) To work with something on an intimately technical level.
- To use frequently and indiscriminately, so as to render trite and commonplace.
- To strike in a frantic movement.
- To lay (bricks) on a rack to dry.
- (transitive, slang, computing) To hack into; to gain unauthorized access to (a computer system, e.g., a website, or network) by manipulating code.
- (soccer and rugby) To kick (a player) on the shins.
- (ice hockey) To strike an opponent with one's hockey stick, typically on the leg but occasionally and more seriously on the back, arm, head, etc.
- significantly cut up a manuscript
- cut with a hacking tool
- kick on the shins
- cut away
- be able to manage or manage successfully
- cough spasmodically
- fix a computer program piecemeal until it works
- kick on the arms
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- A kick on the shins in football of any type.
- A gouge or notch made by such a blow.
- A hacking blow.
- (derogatory) One who is professionally successful despite producing mediocre work. (Usually applied to persons in a creative field.)
- (military, slang) An airplane of poor quality or in poor condition.
- (derogatory, authorship) An untalented writer.
- A tool for chopping.
- A dry cough.
- (slang, military) Time check, as for example upon synchronization of wristwatches.
- (colloquial) A trick, shortcut, skill, or novel method to increase productivity, efficiency, or ease.
- A person, often a journalist, hired to do routine work.
- (curling) The foothold traditionally cut into the ice from which the person who throws the rock pushes off for delivery.
- (computing, slang) A video game or any computer software that has been altered from its original state.
- (politics, slightly derogatory) A political agitator.
- (computing, slang) An expedient, temporary solution, such as a small patch or change to code, meant to be replaced with a more elegant solution at a later date; a workaround.
- A horse for hire, especially one which is old and tired.
- A small ball usually made of woven cotton or suede and filled with rice, sand or some other filler, for use in hackeysack.
- A hacking; a catch in speaking; a short, broken cough.
- (now chiefly Canada, US, colloquial) A vehicle let for hire; originally, a hackney cab, now typically a taxicab.
- A food-rack for cattle.
- (derogatory) A talented writer-for-hire, paid to put others' thoughts into felicitous language.
- (derogatory) Someone who is available for hire; hireling, mercenary.
- (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) A practical joke that showcases cleverness and creativity.
- (falconry) A board upon which the falcon's food is placed; used by extension for the state of partial freedom in which they are kept before being trained.
- (computing, slang) An interesting technical achievement, particularly in computer programming.
- A hearse.
- (slang) The driver of a taxicab (hackney cab).
- (ice hockey) The act of striking an opponent with one's hockey stick, typically on the leg but occasionally and more seriously on the back, arm, head, etc.
- (baseball) A swing of the bat at a pitched ball by the batter, particularly a choppy, ungraceful one that misses the ball such as at a fastball.
- A grating in a mill race.
- (informal) An improvised device or solution to a problem.
- (uncountable, slang, naval) Confinement of an officer to their stateroom as a punishment.
- (UK, student politics, derogatory) A person who frequently canvasses for votes, either directly or by appearing to continuously act with the ulterior motive of furthering their political career.
- A rack used to dry something, such as bricks, fish, or cheese.
- (figuratively) A try, an attempt.
- (computing, slang) The illegal accessing of a computer network.
- a horse kept for hire
- a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money
- one who works hard at boring tasks
- a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for breaking up the surface of the soil
- a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends
- a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.
- an old or over-worked horse
- a mediocre and disdained writer
noun
- (computing) Intake of data into a computer system.
- (by extension) The process of ingesting something into a jet engine or an instance.
- The process of ingesting, or consuming something orally, whether it be food, drink, medicine, or other substance. It is usually referred to as the first step of digestion.
- Any intake of a substance into an organism.
- the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
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- (computing) Initialism of instruction pointer (CPU register).
- (computing) Initialism of insertion point (where text, etc. will be added in a document).
- (medicine) Initialism of incontinentia pigmenti.
- (US, military, slang) Initialism of Irish pennant.
- (law, countable, uncountable) Initialism of intellectual property.
- (cryptography) Initialism of initial permutation.
- (baseball, countable, invariant) Initialism of innings pitched (“the statistic reporting the number of innings pitched by a pitcher”).
- (law enforcement) Initialism of injured party.
- (biology, uncountable) Initialism of immunoprecipitation.
- (Internet) Ellipsis of IP address.
- (law, uncountable) Initialism of Indigenous peoples.
- (US, military, initialism, slang) An Iraqi police officer, or the Iraqi police as a whole.
- (motion picture, countable) Initialism of interpositive.
- (medicine) Abbreviation of inpatient.
- Initialism of instrument panel.
- (wiki jargon, chiefly Wikimedia jargon, metonymic) An unregistered user identified by their IP address.
- (grammar, X-bar theory) Initialism of inflectional phrase.
- the sciences concerned with gathering, manipulating, storing, retrieving, and classifying recorded information
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- (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.
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- 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.
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- (computer science) a program that determines how a computer will communicate with a peripheral device
- the operator of a motor vehicle
- a golfer who hits the golf ball with a driver
- a golf club (a wood) with a near vertical face that is used for hitting long shots from the tee
- someone who drives animals that pull a vehicle
- (chiefly in the plural) A driving wheel of a locomotive.
- A mallet.
- A person who drives livestock: a drover.
- A tamping iron.
- Something that drives something else.
- (aviation, slang) A pilot (person who flies aircraft).
- (audio) A device that converts an electrical signal to sound waves; the principal component of loudspeakers and headphones.
- A cooper's hammer for driving on barrel hoops.
- (engineering) Any driving element in any mechanism, which drives the driven element.
- A person who drives a motorized vehicle such as a car, truck, bus, train, forklift, etc.
- (golf) A golf club used to drive the ball a great distance.
- (nautical) A kind of sail, smaller than a fore and aft spanker on a square-rigged ship, a driver is tied to the same spars.
- One who drives something.
- A factor contributing to something; a cause.
- A screwdriver, a nutdriver, or a bit for such a tool; such bits include nutsetters.
- (computing) A device driver; a program that acts as an interface between an application and hardware, written specifically for the device it controls.
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- (computing) The process of sampling signals that measure real world physical conditions and converting these signals into digital numeric values that can be manipulated by a computer.
- The act or process of acquiring.
- The thing acquired or gained; a gain.
- something acquired
- the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something
- the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge
- an ability that has been acquired by training
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- (computing) An executable task or program.
- A series of events leading to a result or product.
- (law) Documents issued by a court in the course of a lawsuit or action at law, such as a summons, mandate, or writ.
- (biology) Successive physiological responses to keep or restore health.
- The centre mark that players aim at in the game of squails.
- (anatomy) An outgrowth of tissue arising above a surface, such as might form part of a joint or the attachment point for a muscle.
- A path or succession of states through which a system passes.
- (manufacturing) The set of procedures used in the manufacture of a product, especially in the food and chemical industries.
- a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant
- a mental process that you are not directly aware of
- a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states
- (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents
- a writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant
- a particular course of action intended to achieve a result
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- (transitive, law) To take legal proceedings against.
- (transitive) To perform a particular process on a thing.
- (transitive) To retrieve, store, classify, manipulate, transmit etc. (data, signals, etc.), especially using computer techniques.
- (transitive, figurative) To think about a piece of information, or a concept, in order to assimilate it, and perhaps accept it in a modified state.
- To walk in a procession, especially in a liturgical context.
- (transitive, photography, film) To develop photographic film.
- subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition
- deliver a warrant or summons to someone
- deal with in a routine way
- shape, form, or improve a material
- perform mathematical and logical operations on (data) according to programmed instructions in order to obtain the required information
- institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
- march in a procession
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- (computing) A process or execution of a program.
- Alternative form of taisch.
- A single action undertaken by a given agent.
- An objective.
- A difficult or tedious undertaking.
- Any piece of work done.
- A piece of work done as part of one’s duties.
- a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee
- any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
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- (computing, programming) The part of a computer program which is visible to the user and can be interacted with
- A way of understanding something, an opinion, a theory.
- Something to look at, such as scenery.
- (Internet) An individual viewing of a web page or a video etc. by a user.
- An intention or prospect.
- (computing, databases) A virtual or logical table composed of the result set of a query in relational databases.
- A picture, drawn or painted; a sketch.
- A point of view.
- (physical) Visual perception.
- An opinion, judgement, imagination, idea or belief.
- A wake.
- The range of vision.
- The act of seeing or looking at something.
- A mental image.
- purpose; the phrase ‘with a view to’ means ‘with the intention of’ or ‘for the purpose of’
- a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
- a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty
- the range of the eye
- graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept
- outward appearance
- the act of looking or seeing or observing
- the visual percept of a region
- a message expressing a belief about something; the expression of a belief that is held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof
- the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated
verb
noun
- (computing) An ability to perform an action on the system that can be selectively granted or denied to users.
- (law) A common law doctrine that protects certain communications from being used as evidence in court.
- (uncountable) The fact of being privileged; the status or existence of (now especially social or economic) benefit or advantage within a given society.
- An especially rare or fortunate opportunity; the good fortune (to do something).
- (countable) A particular benefit, advantage, or favor; a right or immunity enjoyed by some but not others; a prerogative, preferential treatment.
- A right or immunity enjoyed by a legislative body or its members.
- (ecclesiastical law, now chiefly historical) An exemption from certain laws granted by the Pope.
- (law) the right to refuse to divulge information obtained in a confidential relationship
- a special advantage or immunity or benefit not enjoyed by all
- a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right)
verb
noun
- (computing) A computer program.
- (politics) A set of principal goals which someone, especially a political party or candidate, supports.
- (broadcasting) A performance of a show or other broadcast on radio or television.
- (especially in the phrase "get with the program") A particular mindset or method of doing things.
- (music, computing) A custom tracklist.
- A leaflet listing information about a play, game or other activity.
- A set of structured activities; a plan of action.
- an announcement of the events that will occur as part of a theatrical or sporting event
- a radio or television show
- a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished
- a performance (or series of performances) at a public presentation
- an integrated course of academic studies
- a system of projects or services intended to meet a public need
- (computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute
- a document stating the aims and principles of a political party
verb
- (transitive) To cause to automatically behave in a particular way.
- (broadcasting) To schedule the programming; to determine what will be broadcast.
- (transitive) To put together the schedule of an event.
- (transitive) To enter a program or other instructions into (a computer or other electronic device) to instruct it to do a particular task.
- (transitive) To develop (software) by writing program code.
- arrange a program of or for
- write a computer program
noun
- (computing) One who writes computer programs.
- A device that installs or controls a software program in some other machine.
- (radio, television) One who decides which programs will be shown on a television station, or which songs will be played on a radio station.
- a person who designs and writes and tests computer programs
noun
- (programming) A register or variable used for holding the intermediate results of a computation or data transfer.
- (UK, education, historical) One who takes two higher degrees simultaneously, to reduce their length of study.
- (British) A wet-cell storage battery.
- (cryptography) A one way membership function.
- (literal) One who, or that which, accumulates.
- (manufacturing) A vessel containing pressurized hot water ready for release as steam.
- (mechanics) A system of elastic springs for relieving the strain upon a rope, as in deep-sea dredging.
- (finance) A derivative contract under which the seller commits to sell shares of an underlying security at a certain strike price, which the buyer is obligated to buy.
- (gambling) A collective bet on successive events, with both stake and winnings being carried forward to accumulate progressively.
- (engineering, hydraulics) A container which stores hydraulic power for release, in the form of a pressurized fluid (often suspended within a larger tank of fluid under pressure).
- a voltaic battery that stores electric charge
- (computer science) a register that has a built-in adder that adds an input number to the contents of the register
- a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes)
noun
- A master in computer science and application.
- (astronomy) Initialism of Mars-crossing asteroid.
- (nautical) Initialism of Maritime and Coastguard Agency
- (anatomy) Initialism of middle cerebral artery.
- (computing) Initialism of Micro Channel architecture (“a computer bus standard for connecting internal components”)
- Initialism of multiple congenital anomalies
- (aviation) Initialism of minimum crossing altitude.
name
noun
- (slang) Computing.
- (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.
- (slang) A computer processor.
- 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
- (computing) One who ports software (makes it usable on another platform).
- (beer, Ireland) Stout (malt brew).
- (countable, bowling) An employee who clears and cleans tables and puts bowling balls away.
- (countable, uncountable, beer) A strong, dark ale, originally favored by porters (etymology 1, sense 1), similar to a stout but less strong.
- (entomology) An ant having the specialized role of carrying.
- A person who carries luggage and related objects.
- (countable) A person in control of the entrance to a building.
- someone who guards an entrance
- a very dark sweet ale brewed from roasted unmalted barley
- a person employed to carry luggage and supplies
- a railroad employee who assists passengers (especially on sleeping cars)
verb
noun
- (computing) The connection between a user and a machine.
- (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.
- (object-oriented programming) In object-oriented programming, a piece of code defining a set of operations that other code must implement.
- the overlap where two theories or phenomena affect each other or have links with each other
- (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
- (chemistry) a surface forming a common boundary between two things (two objects or liquids or chemical phases)
- (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)
verb
noun
- (computing) A computer program that monitors something.
- (computing) A musician who writes music in a tracker.
- (US politics) A person employed to follow and monitor a political rival.
- (file sharing) Server software that coordinates peers in the BitTorrent protocol.
- In an organ, a light strip of wood connecting (in path) a key and a pallet, to communicate motion by pulling.
- Agent noun of track; one who, or that which, tracks or pursues, as a man or dog that follows game.
- (finance) A tracker mortgage.
- (Australia) An Indigenous Australian employed by the law to track down fugitives and missing persons.
- (computing) A type of computer software for composing music by aligning notes or samples on parallel timelines.
- someone who tracks down game
noun
- (computing) The carrying out of an instruction, program or program segment by a computer.
- The act, manner or style of executing (actions, maneuvers, performances).
- The state of being accomplished.
- (law) The carrying into effect of a court judgment, or of a will.
- (law) The formal process by which a contract is made valid and put into binding effect.
- The act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty, or actions so associated.
- putting a condemned person to death
- (law) the completion of a legal instrument (such as a contract or deed) by signing it (and perhaps sealing and delivering it) so that it becomes legally binding and enforceable
- the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it
- the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order
- unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being
- (computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer
- a routine court order that attempts to enforce the judgment that has been granted to a plaintiff by authorizing a sheriff to carry it out
noun
- (computing) A person who uses a computer or a computing network, especially a person who has received a user account.
- A person who uses drugs, especially illegal drugs.
- (derogatory) An exploiter, an abuser (a person who exploits others, that is treats and regards people unfairly, selfishly or unethically).
- (Internet, informal) Clipping of username.
- One who uses or makes use of something, a consumer or client or an express or implied licensee (free user) or a trespasser.
- a person who uses something or someone selfishly or unethically
- a person who makes use of a thing; someone who uses or employs something
- a person who takes drugs
noun
adj
noun
- (computing) The act of writing a computer program.
- Brain-washing.
- (psychology) A conditioned response.
- (broadcasting) The designing, scheduling or planning of a radio or television program/programme.
- The software that controls a machine, or the logic expressed in such software; operating instructions.
- The design and scheduling of a performance such as ballet.
- creating a sequence of instructions to enable the computer to do something
- setting an order and time for planned events
verb
noun
noun
- (computer science) Machine language instructions that can be executed directly by a computer's central processing unit.
- (computer science) A system of instructions and data directly understandable by a computer's central processing unit.
- a set of instructions coded so that the computer can use it directly without further translation
noun
- (computing) A computer dedicated to running such programs.
- 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.
- (computer science) a computer that provides client stations with access to files and printers as shared resources to a computer network
- (court games) the player who serves to start a point
- utensil used in serving food or drink
- a person whose occupation is to serve at table (as in a restaurant)
noun
- (programming) A list of items on which user operations will take place. ᵂᵖ
- A musical piece.
- (historical) The free selection before survey of crown land in some Australian colonies under land legislation introduced in the 1860s. ᵂᵖ
- (algebra) A unary operation that denotes a subset of a relation.
- (biology) Ellipsis of natural selection.
- (biology) The stage of a genetic algorithm in which individual genomes are chosen from a population for later breeding. ᵂᵖ
- Something selected.
- (Australia) A plot of land, or farm, thus selected.
- A variety of items taken from a larger collection.
- The process or act of selecting.
- (linguistics) The ability of predicates to determine the semantic content of their arguments. ᵂᵖ
- (databases) A set of data obtained from a database using a query.
- a passage selected from a larger work
- a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment
- an assortment of things from which a choice can be made
- the person or thing chosen or selected
- the act of choosing or selecting
noun
- (computing) A person who makes heavy use of computers, running many applications and capable of using advanced functionality.
- (computing) A computer user who seeks and uses products having the most features and the fastest performance.
- (computing) a computer user who needs the fastest and most powerful computers available
noun
adj
name
noun
- (computing) A hand-held micro-computer that will perform specific tasks; can be used as an electronic diary, alarm clock, recorder of memos and notes, a portable database etc.
- A person who arranges the details of a public event.
- (medicine) A group of cells that, together with the evocator, control differentiation in the embryo; the inductor
- a recipient, such as a box or a case, used for storing gadgets, trinkets and other knick-knacks; an organizer box
- A non-electronic notebook or calendar or something similar, used to organize one's affairs.
- a lightweight consumer electronic device that looks like a hand-held computer but instead performs specific tasks; can serve as a diary or a personal database or a telephone or an alarm clock etc.
- someone who enlists workers to join a union
- a person who brings order and organization to an enterprise
noun
- (computing) A computer program that emulates a physical terminal.
- A rate charged on all freight, regardless of distance, and supposed to cover the expenses of station service, as distinct from mileage rate, generally proportionate to the distance and intended to cover movement expenses.
- An electric contact on a battery.
- A storage tank for bulk liquids (such as oil or chemicals) prior to further distribution.
- (computing theory) A terminal symbol in a formal grammar.
- (computing) A device for entering data into a computer or a communications system and/or displaying data received, especially a device equipped with a keyboard and some sort of textual display.
- A harbour facility where ferries embark and disembark passengers and load and unload vehicles.
- (telecommunications) The apparatus to send and/or receive signals on a line, such as a telephone or network device.
- A building in an airport where passengers transfer from ground transportation to the facilities that allow them to board airplanes.
- A rail station where service begins and ends; the end of the line. For example: Grand Central Terminal in New York City.
- A town lying at the end of a railroad, in which the terminal is located; more properly called a terminus.
- (electricity, electronics) The end of a line (wire, cable, etc) where signals or power are either transmitted or received, or a point along the length of a line where the signals or power are made available to apparatus; the hardware attached to the line in this spot, which allows connections to be fastened.
- (biology) The end ramification (of an axon, etc.) or one of the extremities of a polypeptide.
- electronic equipment consisting of a device providing access to a computer; has a keyboard and display
- station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods
- either extremity of something that has length
- a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves
adj
- Appearing at the end; top or apex of a physical object.
- Occurring at the end of a word, sentence, or period of time, and serves to terminate it
- Fatal; resulting in death.
- causing or ending in or approaching death
- being or situated at an end
- of or relating to or situated at the ends of a delivery route
- relating to or occurring in a term or fixed period of time
- occurring at or forming an end or termination
verb
noun
- (computing) A device or program that transcribes data.
- A person who transcribes; a transcriptionist.
- a person who translates written messages from one language to another
- a musician who adapts a composition for particular voices or instruments or for another style of performance
- someone who rewrites in a different script
- someone who makes a written version of spoken material
- someone who represents the sounds of speech in phonetic notation
noun
- (computing) One who is responsible for software installation, management, information and maintenance of a computer or network.
- (law) A person who manages or settles the estate of an intestate, or of a testator when there is no competent executor; one to whom the right of administration has been committed by competent authority
- One who administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager.
- the party appointed by a probate court to distribute the estate of someone who dies without a will or without naming an executor
- someone who manages a government agency or department
- someone who administers a business
noun
- (computing) A computer.
- (politics, chiefly US) The system of special interest groups that supports a political party, especially in urban areas.
- Especially, the group that controls a political or similar organization; a combination of persons acting together for a common purpose, with the agencies which they use.
- (poetry) Supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being introduced to perform some exploit.
- A device that directs and controls energy, often in the form of movement or electricity, to produce a certain effect.
- (historical) A contrivance in the Ancient Greek theatre for indicating a change of scene, by means of which a god might cross the stage or deliver a divine message; the deus ex machina.
- (figuratively) A person or organisation that seemingly acts like a machine, being particularly efficient, single-minded, or unemotional.
- (telephony, abbreviation) An answering machine or, by extension, voice mail.
- any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks
- an efficient person
- a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
- an intricate organization that accomplishes its goals efficiently
- a device for overcoming resistance at one point by applying force at some other point
- a group that controls the activities of a political party
verb
noun
- (computing) Intake of data into a computer system.
- (by extension) The process of ingesting something into a jet engine or an instance.
- The process of ingesting, or consuming something orally, whether it be food, drink, medicine, or other substance. It is usually referred to as the first step of digestion.
- Any intake of a substance into an organism.
- the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
noun
- (computing) Initialism of instruction pointer (CPU register).
- (computing) Initialism of insertion point (where text, etc. will be added in a document).
- (medicine) Initialism of incontinentia pigmenti.
- (US, military, slang) Initialism of Irish pennant.
- (law, countable, uncountable) Initialism of intellectual property.
- (cryptography) Initialism of initial permutation.
- (baseball, countable, invariant) Initialism of innings pitched (“the statistic reporting the number of innings pitched by a pitcher”).
- (law enforcement) Initialism of injured party.
- (biology, uncountable) Initialism of immunoprecipitation.
- (Internet) Ellipsis of IP address.
- (law, uncountable) Initialism of Indigenous peoples.
- (US, military, initialism, slang) An Iraqi police officer, or the Iraqi police as a whole.
- (motion picture, countable) Initialism of interpositive.
- (medicine) Abbreviation of inpatient.
- Initialism of instrument panel.
- (wiki jargon, chiefly Wikimedia jargon, metonymic) An unregistered user identified by their IP address.
- (grammar, X-bar theory) Initialism of inflectional phrase.
- the sciences concerned with gathering, manipulating, storing, retrieving, and classifying recorded information
adj
name
phrase
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
noun
- (computer science) a program that determines how a computer will communicate with a peripheral device
- the operator of a motor vehicle
- a golfer who hits the golf ball with a driver
- a golf club (a wood) with a near vertical face that is used for hitting long shots from the tee
- someone who drives animals that pull a vehicle
- (chiefly in the plural) A driving wheel of a locomotive.
- A mallet.
- A person who drives livestock: a drover.
- A tamping iron.
- Something that drives something else.
- (aviation, slang) A pilot (person who flies aircraft).
- (audio) A device that converts an electrical signal to sound waves; the principal component of loudspeakers and headphones.
- A cooper's hammer for driving on barrel hoops.
- (engineering) Any driving element in any mechanism, which drives the driven element.
- A person who drives a motorized vehicle such as a car, truck, bus, train, forklift, etc.
- (golf) A golf club used to drive the ball a great distance.
- (nautical) A kind of sail, smaller than a fore and aft spanker on a square-rigged ship, a driver is tied to the same spars.
- One who drives something.
- A factor contributing to something; a cause.
- A screwdriver, a nutdriver, or a bit for such a tool; such bits include nutsetters.
- (computing) A device driver; a program that acts as an interface between an application and hardware, written specifically for the device it controls.
noun
- (computing) The process of sampling signals that measure real world physical conditions and converting these signals into digital numeric values that can be manipulated by a computer.
- The act or process of acquiring.
- The thing acquired or gained; a gain.
- something acquired
- the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something
- the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge
- an ability that has been acquired by training
noun
- (computing) An executable task or program.
- A series of events leading to a result or product.
- (law) Documents issued by a court in the course of a lawsuit or action at law, such as a summons, mandate, or writ.
- (biology) Successive physiological responses to keep or restore health.
- The centre mark that players aim at in the game of squails.
- (anatomy) An outgrowth of tissue arising above a surface, such as might form part of a joint or the attachment point for a muscle.
- A path or succession of states through which a system passes.
- (manufacturing) The set of procedures used in the manufacture of a product, especially in the food and chemical industries.
- a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant
- a mental process that you are not directly aware of
- a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states
- (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents
- a writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant
- a particular course of action intended to achieve a result
verb
- (transitive, law) To take legal proceedings against.
- (transitive) To perform a particular process on a thing.
- (transitive) To retrieve, store, classify, manipulate, transmit etc. (data, signals, etc.), especially using computer techniques.
- (transitive, figurative) To think about a piece of information, or a concept, in order to assimilate it, and perhaps accept it in a modified state.
- To walk in a procession, especially in a liturgical context.
- (transitive, photography, film) To develop photographic film.
- subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition
- deliver a warrant or summons to someone
- deal with in a routine way
- shape, form, or improve a material
- perform mathematical and logical operations on (data) according to programmed instructions in order to obtain the required information
- institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
- march in a procession
noun
- (computing) A process or execution of a program.
- Alternative form of taisch.
- A single action undertaken by a given agent.
- An objective.
- A difficult or tedious undertaking.
- Any piece of work done.
- A piece of work done as part of one’s duties.
- a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee
- any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
verb
noun
- (computing, programming) The part of a computer program which is visible to the user and can be interacted with
- A way of understanding something, an opinion, a theory.
- Something to look at, such as scenery.
- (Internet) An individual viewing of a web page or a video etc. by a user.
- An intention or prospect.
- (computing, databases) A virtual or logical table composed of the result set of a query in relational databases.
- A picture, drawn or painted; a sketch.
- A point of view.
- (physical) Visual perception.
- An opinion, judgement, imagination, idea or belief.
- A wake.
- The range of vision.
- The act of seeing or looking at something.
- A mental image.
- purpose; the phrase ‘with a view to’ means ‘with the intention of’ or ‘for the purpose of’
- a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
- a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty
- the range of the eye
- graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept
- outward appearance
- the act of looking or seeing or observing
- the visual percept of a region
- a message expressing a belief about something; the expression of a belief that is held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof
- the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated
verb
noun
- (computing) An ability to perform an action on the system that can be selectively granted or denied to users.
- (law) A common law doctrine that protects certain communications from being used as evidence in court.
- (uncountable) The fact of being privileged; the status or existence of (now especially social or economic) benefit or advantage within a given society.
- An especially rare or fortunate opportunity; the good fortune (to do something).
- (countable) A particular benefit, advantage, or favor; a right or immunity enjoyed by some but not others; a prerogative, preferential treatment.
- A right or immunity enjoyed by a legislative body or its members.
- (ecclesiastical law, now chiefly historical) An exemption from certain laws granted by the Pope.
- (law) the right to refuse to divulge information obtained in a confidential relationship
- a special advantage or immunity or benefit not enjoyed by all
- a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right)
verb
verb
- (computing) To accomplish a difficult programming task.
- To use as a hack; to let out for hire.
- To play hackeysack.
- To drive a hackney cab.
- (ice hockey) To make a flailing attempt to hit the puck with a hockey stick.
- (transitive, slang, computing, by extension) To gain unauthorized access to a computer or online account belonging to (a person or organisation).
- (transitive) To strike lightly as part of tapotement massage.
- (falconry) To keep (young hawks) in a state of partial freedom, before they are trained.
- (intransitive, video games) To cheat by using unauthorized modifications.
- (transitive, colloquial, by extension) To apply a trick, shortcut, skill, or novel method to something to increase productivity, efficiency or ease.
- (baseball) To swing at a pitched ball.
- (computing) To make a quick code change to patch a computer program, often one that, while being effective, is inelegant or makes the program harder to maintain.
- (intransitive) To cough noisily.
- (equestrianism) To ride a horse at a regular pace; to ride on a road (as opposed to riding cross-country etc.).
- To withstand or put up with a difficult situation.
- (transitive) To chop or cut down in a rough manner.
- (computing, slang, transitive) To work with something on an intimately technical level.
- To use frequently and indiscriminately, so as to render trite and commonplace.
- To strike in a frantic movement.
- To lay (bricks) on a rack to dry.
- (transitive, slang, computing) To hack into; to gain unauthorized access to (a computer system, e.g., a website, or network) by manipulating code.
- (soccer and rugby) To kick (a player) on the shins.
- (ice hockey) To strike an opponent with one's hockey stick, typically on the leg but occasionally and more seriously on the back, arm, head, etc.
- significantly cut up a manuscript
- cut with a hacking tool
- kick on the shins
- cut away
- be able to manage or manage successfully
- cough spasmodically
- fix a computer program piecemeal until it works
- kick on the arms
intj
noun
- A kick on the shins in football of any type.
- A gouge or notch made by such a blow.
- A hacking blow.
- (derogatory) One who is professionally successful despite producing mediocre work. (Usually applied to persons in a creative field.)
- (military, slang) An airplane of poor quality or in poor condition.
- (derogatory, authorship) An untalented writer.
- A tool for chopping.
- A dry cough.
- (slang, military) Time check, as for example upon synchronization of wristwatches.
- (colloquial) A trick, shortcut, skill, or novel method to increase productivity, efficiency, or ease.
- A person, often a journalist, hired to do routine work.
- (curling) The foothold traditionally cut into the ice from which the person who throws the rock pushes off for delivery.
- (computing, slang) A video game or any computer software that has been altered from its original state.
- (politics, slightly derogatory) A political agitator.
- (computing, slang) An expedient, temporary solution, such as a small patch or change to code, meant to be replaced with a more elegant solution at a later date; a workaround.
- A horse for hire, especially one which is old and tired.
- A small ball usually made of woven cotton or suede and filled with rice, sand or some other filler, for use in hackeysack.
- A hacking; a catch in speaking; a short, broken cough.
- (now chiefly Canada, US, colloquial) A vehicle let for hire; originally, a hackney cab, now typically a taxicab.
- A food-rack for cattle.
- (derogatory) A talented writer-for-hire, paid to put others' thoughts into felicitous language.
- (derogatory) Someone who is available for hire; hireling, mercenary.
- (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) A practical joke that showcases cleverness and creativity.
- (falconry) A board upon which the falcon's food is placed; used by extension for the state of partial freedom in which they are kept before being trained.
- (computing, slang) An interesting technical achievement, particularly in computer programming.
- A hearse.
- (slang) The driver of a taxicab (hackney cab).
- (ice hockey) The act of striking an opponent with one's hockey stick, typically on the leg but occasionally and more seriously on the back, arm, head, etc.
- (baseball) A swing of the bat at a pitched ball by the batter, particularly a choppy, ungraceful one that misses the ball such as at a fastball.
- A grating in a mill race.
- (informal) An improvised device or solution to a problem.
- (uncountable, slang, naval) Confinement of an officer to their stateroom as a punishment.
- (UK, student politics, derogatory) A person who frequently canvasses for votes, either directly or by appearing to continuously act with the ulterior motive of furthering their political career.
- A rack used to dry something, such as bricks, fish, or cheese.
- (figuratively) A try, an attempt.
- (computing, slang) The illegal accessing of a computer network.
- a horse kept for hire
- a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money
- one who works hard at boring tasks
- a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for breaking up the surface of the soil
- a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends
- a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.
- an old or over-worked horse
- a mediocre and disdained writer
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