English words for '(computing) Any peer-to-peer network node that also serves as a proxy server.'
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noun
- (computing) Any peer-to-peer network node that also serves as a proxy server.
- (electronics) In nodal analysis: a combination of two nodes which are connected by a voltage source, allowing for the voltage of the nodes to be solved simultaneously without having to consider the unknown current between them.
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- The written appointment of a proctor in suits in the ecclesiastical courts
- An agent or substitute authorized to act for another person.
- (sciences) A measurement of one physical quantity that is used as an indicator of the value of another
- (software) An interface for a service, especially for one that is remote, resource-intensive, or otherwise difficult to use directly.
- (card games) A card used to substitute for another card, when the latter is not available.
- (video games slang) Clipping of proximity mine.
- The authority to act for another, especially when written.
- a power of attorney document given by shareholders of a corporation authorizing a specific vote on their behalf at a corporate meeting
- a person authorized to act for another
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- (computing) A configuration enabling a resource to be shared over a network.
- A portion of something, especially a portion given or allotted to someone.
- (finance) A financial instrument that shows that one owns a part of a company that provides the benefit of limited liability.
- (social media) The action of sharing something with other people via social media.
- (anatomy) The sharebone or pubis.
- (agriculture) The cutting blade of an agricultural machine like a plough, a cultivator or a seeding-machine.
- the effort contributed by a person in bringing about a result
- the allotment of some amount by dividing something
- assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group
- a sharp steel wedge that cuts loose the top layer of soil
- any of the equal portions into which the capital stock of a corporation is divided and ownership of which is evidenced by a stock certificate
verb
- To tell to another.
- (networking) To allow public or private sharing of resources in a network, or content on social media.
- To have or use in common.
- To give part of what one has to somebody else to use or consume.
- To divide and distribute.
- communicate
- use jointly or in common
- have in common
- give out as one's portion or share
- have, give, or receive a share of
adj
- (computer networking) In the direction from the server to the client.
- (figurative) Occurring later than something else; (also, usually, especially) influenced by something else; being a consequence of something else.
- Toward the lower part of a stream; with the current (of a river, brook, or other flow of fluid).
- (biology) Towards the 3′ end of a DNA molecule.
- in the direction of a stream's current
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- (computing) A secure networking solution that uses Host Identity Protocol to make the network invisible to hackers while still allowing endpoints to communicate with the broader network.
- (computing) The notional part of a network configuration which isolates computers physically from connection to a wider network such as the Internet.
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- (computer networking) In the direction from the client to the server.
- (figurative) Occurring earlier than something else; (also, usually, especially) being an influence on something else; causing a consequence for something else.
- (biology) Towards the leading end (5′ end) of a DNA molecule.
- (software) Maintained, owned, or associated with the original developers of the given software; in contrast to a modified version downstream.
- (oil industry) Involving exploration and pre-production rather than refining and selling.
- In a direction against the flow of a current or stream of fluid (typically water); upriver.
- in the direction against a stream's current
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- (computing) A group of nodes sharing the same torrent in a BitTorrent network.
- (seismology) A number of small earthquakes (or other seismic events) occurring, with no clear cause, in a specific area within a relatively short space of time.
- A large number of insects, especially when in motion or (for bees) migrating to a new colony.
- A mass of people, animals or things in motion or turmoil.
- a group of many things in the air or on the ground
- a moving crowd
verb
- (transitive) To fill a place as a swarm.
- To climb by gripping with arms and legs alternately.
- (transitive) To overwhelm as by an opposing army.
- To breed multitudes.
- (intransitive) To teem, or be overrun with insects, people, etc.
- (intransitive) To move as a swarm.
- be teeming, be abuzz
- move in large numbers
noun
- (computing, networking, telecommunications) In wireless internet, an access point with additional software capabilities such as providing NAT and DHCP, which may also provide VPN support, roaming, firewalls, various levels of security, etc.
- (attributive) Any thing or area of interest that tends to lead to deeper involvement.
- Any point that represents the beginning of a transition from one place or phase to another.
- A place regarded as giving access to somewhere.
- A passage that can be closed by use of a gate.
- A point at which freight moving from one territory to another is interchanged between transportation lines.
- an entrance that can be closed by a gate
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- (pinball) A hole in the playfield that rewards the player when the ball is guided into it.
- (computer security) An attack which redirects requests, whether network or memory accesses, to a new location defined by the attacker.
- (Internet) A domain name server that has been configured to hand out non-routeable addresses for all domains, so that every computer that uses it will fail to get access to the real website.
- (geology) A hole formed in soluble rock by the action of water, serving to conduct surface water to an underground passage.
- A depressed area in which waste or drainage collects.
- a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof
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- (Internet) An independent server on a decentralised social network, such as Mastodon.
- (massively multiplayer online games) A dungeon or other area that is duplicated for each player, or each party of players, that enters it, so that each player or party has a private copy of the area, isolated from other players.
- A case offered as an exemplification or a precedent; an illustrative example.
- One of a series of recurring occasions, cases, essentially the same.
- An occasion; an order of occurrence.
- (massively multiplayer online games) An individual copy of such a dungeon or other area.
- (computing) A specific occurrence of something that is created or instantiated, such as a database, or an object of a class in object-oriented programming.
- an occurrence of something
- an item of information that is typical of a class or group
verb
- (massively multiplayer online games) To duplicate (a dungeon or other area) for each player, or each party of players, that enters it, so that each player or party has a private copy of the area, isolated from other players.
- (transitive, computer graphics) To render (an object) as part of a batch, using the same geometry data.
- (transitive) To mention as a case or example; to refer to; to cite
- (intransitive) To cite an example as proof; to exemplify.
- clarify by giving an example of
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- (computing, networking) A wrapper for a protocol that cannot otherwise be used because it is unsupported, blocked, or insecure.
- The opening of a chimney for the passage of smoke; a flue.
- (mining) A level passage driven across the measures, or at right angles to veins which it is desired to reach; distinguished from the drift, or gangway, which is led along the vein when reached by the tunnel.
- A vessel with a broad mouth at one end, a pipe or tube at the other, for conveying liquor, fluids, etc., into casks, bottles, or other vessels; a funnel.
- A hole in the ground made by an animal, a burrow.
- (figurative) Anything that resembles a tunnel.
- An underground or underwater passage.
- A passage through or under some obstacle.
- a hole made by an animal, usually for shelter
- a passageway through or under something, usually underground (especially one for trains or cars)
verb
- (physics) To undergo the quantum-mechanical phenomenon where a particle penetrates through a barrier that it classically cannot surmount.
- (transitive) To make a tunnel through or under something; to burrow.
- (transitive, medicine) To insert a catheter into a vein to allow long-term use.
- (intransitive) To dig a tunnel.
- (computing, networking) To transmit something through a tunnel (wrapper for an insecure or unsupported protocol).
- move through by or as by digging
- force a way through
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- (computing) A device communicating over a network; a host.
- (historical) In British India, the place where the English officials of a district, or the officers of a garrison (not in a fortress) reside.
- (Christianity) The Roman Catholic fast of the fourth and sixth days of the week, Wednesday and Friday, in memory of the council which condemned Christ, and of his passion.
- A place used for broadcasting radio or television; the broadcasting entity itself.
- A ground transportation depot.
- (surveying) Any of a sequence of equally spaced points along a path.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A very large sheep or cattle farm.
- Post assigned; office; the part or department of public duty which a person is appointed to perform; sphere of duty or occupation; employment.
- A place where one stands or stays or is assigned to stand or stay.
- (Christianity) A church in which the procession of the clergy halts on stated days to say stated prayers.
- (astronomy) The apparent standing still of a superior planet just before it begins or ends its retrograde motion.
- (medicine) The position of the foetal head in relation to the distance from the ischial spines, measured in centimetres.
- (biology) The particular place, or kind of situation, in which a species naturally occurs; a habitat.
- (Newfoundland) A harbour or cove with a foreshore suitable for a facility to support nearby fishing.
- (Christianity) Any of the Stations of the Cross.
- A place where one performs a task or where one is on call to perform a task.
- (mining) An enlargement in a shaft or galley, used as a landing, or passing place, or for the accommodation of a pump, tank, etc.
- A military base.
- (US) A gas station, service station.
- A regular stopping place for ground transportation.
- Standing; rank; position.
- An official building from which police or firefighters operate.
- A place where some object is provided.
- (nautical) the location to which a ship or fleet is assigned for duty
- the frequency assigned to a broadcasting station
- a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose
- proper or designated social situation
- the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand
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- (computing, Internet) Any computer attached to a network.
- A paid male companion offering conversation and in some cases sex, as in certain types of bar in Japan.
- A moderator or master of ceremonies for a performance.
- One that provides a facility for an event.
- A multitude of people arrayed as an army; used also in religious senses, as: Heavenly host (of angels)
- (multiplicity) The primary member of a system, typically the member who fronts most often.
- One which receives or entertains a guest, socially, commercially, or officially.
- (Christianity) The consecrated bread of the Eucharist.
- A large number of items; a large inventory.
- A person or organization responsible for running an event.
- (ecology) A cell or organism which harbors another organism or biological entity, usually a parasite.
- (evolution, genetics) An organism bearing certain genetic material, with respect to its cells.
- (computer science) a computer that provides client stations with access to files and printers as shared resources to a computer network
- archaic terms for army
- a vast multitude
- any organization that provides resources and facilities for a function or event
- the owner or manager of an inn
- a person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers)
- an animal or plant that nourishes and supports a parasite; it does not benefit and is often harmed by the association
- a person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there
- (medicine) recipient of transplanted tissue or organ from a donor
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- (computing) Initialism of proxy auto-config (file).
- (US politics) Acronym of political action committee.
- (computing) Initialism of programmable automation controller.
- (software design) Initialism of presentation-abstraction-control.
- Initialism of public accounts committee.
- committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates
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- (networking) An independent chunk of data sent over a network.
- (Internet) An individually scrollable region of a webpage.
- (mathematics) A complete lattice in which meets distribute over arbitrary joins.
- A piece of photographic film containing an image.
- A context for understanding or interpretation.
- (genetics, "reading frame") A way of dividing nucleotide sequences into a set of consecutive triplets.
- (computing) A form of knowledge representation in artificial intelligence.
- (electronics, film, animation, video games) A division of time on a multimedia timeline, such as 1/30 or 1/60 of a second.
- (snooker) A complete game of snooker, from break-off until all the balls (or as many as necessary to win) have been potted.
- (philately) The outer circle of a cancellation mark.
- (baseball, slang) An inning.
- (crime) A conspiracy to falsely incriminate an innocent person.
- (operating systems) Clipping of page frame or memory frame.
- A rigid, generally rectangular mounting for paper, canvas or other flexible material.
- (philately) The outer decorated portion of a stamp's image, often repeated on several issues although the inner picture may change.
- (bowling) A set of balls whose results are added together for scoring purposes. Usually two balls, but only one ball in the case of a strike, and three balls in the case of a strike or a spare in the last frame of a game.
- A human body or the structure thereof; the size, shape, sturdiness etc. of a person's body as described in a certain way; one's build.
- (horticulture) A movable structure used for the cultivation or the sheltering of plants.
- Anything composed of parts fitted and united together; a fabric; a structure.
- The structural elements of a building or other constructed object.
- (bowling) The complete set of pins to be knocked down in their starting configuration.
- an application that divides the user's display into two or more windows that can be scrolled independently
- (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat
- a single drawing in a comic strip
- a single one of a series of still transparent pictures forming a cinema, television or video film
- alternative names for the body of a human being
- a system of assumptions and standards that sanction behavior and give it meaning
- a framework that supports and protects a picture or a mirror
- a structure supporting or containing something
- the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal
- the framework for a pair of eyeglasses
- the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape
- one of the ten divisions into which bowling is divided
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- (transitive) To fit, as for a specific end or purpose; make suitable or comfortable; adapt; adjust.
- (transitive) To construct by fitting together or uniting various parts; fabricate by union of constituent parts.
- (transitive) Of a constructed object such as a building, to put together the structural elements.
- (intransitive, dialectal) To move.
- (tennis) To hit (the ball) with the frame of the racquet rather than the strings (normally a mishit).
- (transitive) Of a picture such as a painting or photograph, to place inside a decorative border.
- (intransitive, dialectal, mining) To wash ore with the aid of a frame.
- (transitive, criminology) Conspire to falsely incriminate an innocent person.
- (transitive) To bring or put into form or order; adjust the parts or elements of; compose; contrive; plan; devise.
- (transitive) To position visually within a fixed boundary.
- (transitive) To construct in words so as to establish a context for understanding or interpretation.
- construct by fitting or uniting parts together
- formulate in a particular style or language
- take or catch as if in a snare or trap
- make up plans or basic details for
- enclose in or as if in a frame
- enclose in a frame, as of a picture
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- (computing) A subnetwork of a LAN, exposed to the internet or another untrusted network but firewalled off from the rest of the LAN.
- (military) An area, often on a border between military factions, in which military forces and operations are prohibited. (This sense is a translation hub.)
- a zone from which military forces or operations or installations are prohibited
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- (networking) A protocol data unit of the Internet Protocol.
- (networking) A message sent over a transport layer protocol.
- (informal) A large amount of money.
- (nautical) Originally, a vessel employed by government to convey dispatches or mails; hence, a vessel employed in conveying dispatches, mails, passengers, and goods, and having fixed days of sailing; a mail boat. Packet boat, ship, vessel (Wikipedia).
- (networking) A small fragment of data as transmitted on some types of network, notably Ethernet networks (Wikipedia).
- (slang) Synonym of package (“male genitalia”).
- A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel
- (South Africa) A plastic bag.
- (botany) A specimen envelope containing small, dried plants or containing parts of plants when attached to a larger sheet.
- a collection of things wrapped or boxed together
- a boat for carrying mail
- (computer science) a message or message fragment
- a small package or bundle
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- (Internet, transitive) To leave (files) available for others to download through peer-to-peer file sharing protocols (e.g. BitTorrent).
- (reflexive) To shed seeds (refers to plants)
- (transitive) To start; to provide, assign or determine the initial resources for, position of, state of.
- (slang, vulgar) To ejaculate inside the penetratee during intercourse, especially in the rectum.
- (meteorology) To scatter small particles within (a cloud or airmass) in order to trigger the formation of rain.
- (intransitive) To produce seed.
- (transitive) To cover thinly with something scattered; to ornament with seedlike decorations.
- (intransitive) To grow to maturity.
- (dialectal) simple past and past participle of see
- (intransitive) To be qualified to compete, especially in a quarter-final, semi-final, or final.
- (sports, gaming) To allocate a seeding to a competitor.
- (transitive) To plant or sow an area with seeds.
- bear seeds
- help (an enterprise) in its early stages of development by providing seed money
- place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth
- distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds
- remove the seeds from
- inoculate with microorganisms
- go to seed; shed seeds
- sprinkle with silver iodide particles to disperse and cause rain
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- (countable) Any small seed-like fruit.
- (countable) A fragment of coral.
- (US slang) A child.
- (sports) The initial position of a competitor or team in a tournament. (seed position)
- (physics) A small particle, bubble, or imperfection that serves as a nucleation point for some process.
- (Internet marketing) A commercial message in a creative format placed on relevant sites on the Internet. (seed idea or seed message)
- The competitor or team occupying a given seed (position).
- (uncountable, collective) An amount of seeds that cannot be readily counted.
- (countable, agriculture) Any propagative portion of a plant which may be sown, such as true seeds, seed-like fruits, tubers, or bulbs.
- A small bubble formed in imperfectly fused glass.
- (countable, figurative) A precursor.
- (uncountable) Semen.
- Race; generation; birth.
- (cryptography, computing) The initialization state of a pseudorandom number generator or similar system.
- (countable, botany) A fertilized and ripened ovule, containing an embryonic plant.
- (video games) (by extension) A unique code that acts as a blueprint for generating a specific game world, determining terrain, structures, and resource placement.
- a small hard fruit
- the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
- anything that provides inspiration for later work
- one of the outstanding players in a tournament
- a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa
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- protocol that allows users to copy files between their local system and any system they can reach on the network
- An instance of sending files via FTP (the File Transfer Protocol).
- (psychology) Initialism of Future Time Perspective (a scale developed by Carstensen and Frieder Lang).
- (economics, business) Initialism of free trade port, a port that is a free trade zone.
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- (computing) Any peer-to-peer network node that also serves as a proxy server.
- (electronics) In nodal analysis: a combination of two nodes which are connected by a voltage source, allowing for the voltage of the nodes to be solved simultaneously without having to consider the unknown current between them.
noun
- (computing) A configuration enabling a resource to be shared over a network.
- A portion of something, especially a portion given or allotted to someone.
- (finance) A financial instrument that shows that one owns a part of a company that provides the benefit of limited liability.
- (social media) The action of sharing something with other people via social media.
- (anatomy) The sharebone or pubis.
- (agriculture) The cutting blade of an agricultural machine like a plough, a cultivator or a seeding-machine.
- the effort contributed by a person in bringing about a result
- the allotment of some amount by dividing something
- assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group
- a sharp steel wedge that cuts loose the top layer of soil
- any of the equal portions into which the capital stock of a corporation is divided and ownership of which is evidenced by a stock certificate
verb
- To tell to another.
- (networking) To allow public or private sharing of resources in a network, or content on social media.
- To have or use in common.
- To give part of what one has to somebody else to use or consume.
- To divide and distribute.
- communicate
- use jointly or in common
- have in common
- give out as one's portion or share
- have, give, or receive a share of
noun
- (computing) A secure networking solution that uses Host Identity Protocol to make the network invisible to hackers while still allowing endpoints to communicate with the broader network.
- (computing) The notional part of a network configuration which isolates computers physically from connection to a wider network such as the Internet.
noun
- (computing) A group of nodes sharing the same torrent in a BitTorrent network.
- (seismology) A number of small earthquakes (or other seismic events) occurring, with no clear cause, in a specific area within a relatively short space of time.
- A large number of insects, especially when in motion or (for bees) migrating to a new colony.
- A mass of people, animals or things in motion or turmoil.
- a group of many things in the air or on the ground
- a moving crowd
verb
- (transitive) To fill a place as a swarm.
- To climb by gripping with arms and legs alternately.
- (transitive) To overwhelm as by an opposing army.
- To breed multitudes.
- (intransitive) To teem, or be overrun with insects, people, etc.
- (intransitive) To move as a swarm.
- be teeming, be abuzz
- move in large numbers
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- (computing, networking, telecommunications) In wireless internet, an access point with additional software capabilities such as providing NAT and DHCP, which may also provide VPN support, roaming, firewalls, various levels of security, etc.
- (attributive) Any thing or area of interest that tends to lead to deeper involvement.
- Any point that represents the beginning of a transition from one place or phase to another.
- A place regarded as giving access to somewhere.
- A passage that can be closed by use of a gate.
- A point at which freight moving from one territory to another is interchanged between transportation lines.
- an entrance that can be closed by a gate
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- (Internet) An independent server on a decentralised social network, such as Mastodon.
- (massively multiplayer online games) A dungeon or other area that is duplicated for each player, or each party of players, that enters it, so that each player or party has a private copy of the area, isolated from other players.
- A case offered as an exemplification or a precedent; an illustrative example.
- One of a series of recurring occasions, cases, essentially the same.
- An occasion; an order of occurrence.
- (massively multiplayer online games) An individual copy of such a dungeon or other area.
- (computing) A specific occurrence of something that is created or instantiated, such as a database, or an object of a class in object-oriented programming.
- an occurrence of something
- an item of information that is typical of a class or group
verb
- (massively multiplayer online games) To duplicate (a dungeon or other area) for each player, or each party of players, that enters it, so that each player or party has a private copy of the area, isolated from other players.
- (transitive, computer graphics) To render (an object) as part of a batch, using the same geometry data.
- (transitive) To mention as a case or example; to refer to; to cite
- (intransitive) To cite an example as proof; to exemplify.
- clarify by giving an example of
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- (computing, networking) A wrapper for a protocol that cannot otherwise be used because it is unsupported, blocked, or insecure.
- The opening of a chimney for the passage of smoke; a flue.
- (mining) A level passage driven across the measures, or at right angles to veins which it is desired to reach; distinguished from the drift, or gangway, which is led along the vein when reached by the tunnel.
- A vessel with a broad mouth at one end, a pipe or tube at the other, for conveying liquor, fluids, etc., into casks, bottles, or other vessels; a funnel.
- A hole in the ground made by an animal, a burrow.
- (figurative) Anything that resembles a tunnel.
- An underground or underwater passage.
- A passage through or under some obstacle.
- a hole made by an animal, usually for shelter
- a passageway through or under something, usually underground (especially one for trains or cars)
verb
- (physics) To undergo the quantum-mechanical phenomenon where a particle penetrates through a barrier that it classically cannot surmount.
- (transitive) To make a tunnel through or under something; to burrow.
- (transitive, medicine) To insert a catheter into a vein to allow long-term use.
- (intransitive) To dig a tunnel.
- (computing, networking) To transmit something through a tunnel (wrapper for an insecure or unsupported protocol).
- move through by or as by digging
- force a way through
noun
- (computing) A device communicating over a network; a host.
- (historical) In British India, the place where the English officials of a district, or the officers of a garrison (not in a fortress) reside.
- (Christianity) The Roman Catholic fast of the fourth and sixth days of the week, Wednesday and Friday, in memory of the council which condemned Christ, and of his passion.
- A place used for broadcasting radio or television; the broadcasting entity itself.
- A ground transportation depot.
- (surveying) Any of a sequence of equally spaced points along a path.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A very large sheep or cattle farm.
- Post assigned; office; the part or department of public duty which a person is appointed to perform; sphere of duty or occupation; employment.
- A place where one stands or stays or is assigned to stand or stay.
- (Christianity) A church in which the procession of the clergy halts on stated days to say stated prayers.
- (astronomy) The apparent standing still of a superior planet just before it begins or ends its retrograde motion.
- (medicine) The position of the foetal head in relation to the distance from the ischial spines, measured in centimetres.
- (biology) The particular place, or kind of situation, in which a species naturally occurs; a habitat.
- (Newfoundland) A harbour or cove with a foreshore suitable for a facility to support nearby fishing.
- (Christianity) Any of the Stations of the Cross.
- A place where one performs a task or where one is on call to perform a task.
- (mining) An enlargement in a shaft or galley, used as a landing, or passing place, or for the accommodation of a pump, tank, etc.
- A military base.
- (US) A gas station, service station.
- A regular stopping place for ground transportation.
- Standing; rank; position.
- An official building from which police or firefighters operate.
- A place where some object is provided.
- (nautical) the location to which a ship or fleet is assigned for duty
- the frequency assigned to a broadcasting station
- a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose
- proper or designated social situation
- the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand
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noun
- (computing, Internet) Any computer attached to a network.
- A paid male companion offering conversation and in some cases sex, as in certain types of bar in Japan.
- A moderator or master of ceremonies for a performance.
- One that provides a facility for an event.
- A multitude of people arrayed as an army; used also in religious senses, as: Heavenly host (of angels)
- (multiplicity) The primary member of a system, typically the member who fronts most often.
- One which receives or entertains a guest, socially, commercially, or officially.
- (Christianity) The consecrated bread of the Eucharist.
- A large number of items; a large inventory.
- A person or organization responsible for running an event.
- (ecology) A cell or organism which harbors another organism or biological entity, usually a parasite.
- (evolution, genetics) An organism bearing certain genetic material, with respect to its cells.
- (computer science) a computer that provides client stations with access to files and printers as shared resources to a computer network
- archaic terms for army
- a vast multitude
- any organization that provides resources and facilities for a function or event
- the owner or manager of an inn
- a person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers)
- an animal or plant that nourishes and supports a parasite; it does not benefit and is often harmed by the association
- a person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there
- (medicine) recipient of transplanted tissue or organ from a donor
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- (computing) Initialism of proxy auto-config (file).
- (US politics) Acronym of political action committee.
- (computing) Initialism of programmable automation controller.
- (software design) Initialism of presentation-abstraction-control.
- Initialism of public accounts committee.
- committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates
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- (networking) An independent chunk of data sent over a network.
- (Internet) An individually scrollable region of a webpage.
- (mathematics) A complete lattice in which meets distribute over arbitrary joins.
- A piece of photographic film containing an image.
- A context for understanding or interpretation.
- (genetics, "reading frame") A way of dividing nucleotide sequences into a set of consecutive triplets.
- (computing) A form of knowledge representation in artificial intelligence.
- (electronics, film, animation, video games) A division of time on a multimedia timeline, such as 1/30 or 1/60 of a second.
- (snooker) A complete game of snooker, from break-off until all the balls (or as many as necessary to win) have been potted.
- (philately) The outer circle of a cancellation mark.
- (baseball, slang) An inning.
- (crime) A conspiracy to falsely incriminate an innocent person.
- (operating systems) Clipping of page frame or memory frame.
- A rigid, generally rectangular mounting for paper, canvas or other flexible material.
- (philately) The outer decorated portion of a stamp's image, often repeated on several issues although the inner picture may change.
- (bowling) A set of balls whose results are added together for scoring purposes. Usually two balls, but only one ball in the case of a strike, and three balls in the case of a strike or a spare in the last frame of a game.
- A human body or the structure thereof; the size, shape, sturdiness etc. of a person's body as described in a certain way; one's build.
- (horticulture) A movable structure used for the cultivation or the sheltering of plants.
- Anything composed of parts fitted and united together; a fabric; a structure.
- The structural elements of a building or other constructed object.
- (bowling) The complete set of pins to be knocked down in their starting configuration.
- an application that divides the user's display into two or more windows that can be scrolled independently
- (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat
- a single drawing in a comic strip
- a single one of a series of still transparent pictures forming a cinema, television or video film
- alternative names for the body of a human being
- a system of assumptions and standards that sanction behavior and give it meaning
- a framework that supports and protects a picture or a mirror
- a structure supporting or containing something
- the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal
- the framework for a pair of eyeglasses
- the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape
- one of the ten divisions into which bowling is divided
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- (transitive) To fit, as for a specific end or purpose; make suitable or comfortable; adapt; adjust.
- (transitive) To construct by fitting together or uniting various parts; fabricate by union of constituent parts.
- (transitive) Of a constructed object such as a building, to put together the structural elements.
- (intransitive, dialectal) To move.
- (tennis) To hit (the ball) with the frame of the racquet rather than the strings (normally a mishit).
- (transitive) Of a picture such as a painting or photograph, to place inside a decorative border.
- (intransitive, dialectal, mining) To wash ore with the aid of a frame.
- (transitive, criminology) Conspire to falsely incriminate an innocent person.
- (transitive) To bring or put into form or order; adjust the parts or elements of; compose; contrive; plan; devise.
- (transitive) To position visually within a fixed boundary.
- (transitive) To construct in words so as to establish a context for understanding or interpretation.
- construct by fitting or uniting parts together
- formulate in a particular style or language
- take or catch as if in a snare or trap
- make up plans or basic details for
- enclose in or as if in a frame
- enclose in a frame, as of a picture
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- (computing) A subnetwork of a LAN, exposed to the internet or another untrusted network but firewalled off from the rest of the LAN.
- (military) An area, often on a border between military factions, in which military forces and operations are prohibited. (This sense is a translation hub.)
- a zone from which military forces or operations or installations are prohibited
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- (networking) A protocol data unit of the Internet Protocol.
- (networking) A message sent over a transport layer protocol.
- (informal) A large amount of money.
- (nautical) Originally, a vessel employed by government to convey dispatches or mails; hence, a vessel employed in conveying dispatches, mails, passengers, and goods, and having fixed days of sailing; a mail boat. Packet boat, ship, vessel (Wikipedia).
- (networking) A small fragment of data as transmitted on some types of network, notably Ethernet networks (Wikipedia).
- (slang) Synonym of package (“male genitalia”).
- A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel
- (South Africa) A plastic bag.
- (botany) A specimen envelope containing small, dried plants or containing parts of plants when attached to a larger sheet.
- a collection of things wrapped or boxed together
- a boat for carrying mail
- (computer science) a message or message fragment
- a small package or bundle
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- protocol that allows users to copy files between their local system and any system they can reach on the network
- An instance of sending files via FTP (the File Transfer Protocol).
- (psychology) Initialism of Future Time Perspective (a scale developed by Carstensen and Frieder Lang).
- (economics, business) Initialism of free trade port, a port that is a free trade zone.
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- The written appointment of a proctor in suits in the ecclesiastical courts
- An agent or substitute authorized to act for another person.
- (sciences) A measurement of one physical quantity that is used as an indicator of the value of another
- (software) An interface for a service, especially for one that is remote, resource-intensive, or otherwise difficult to use directly.
- (card games) A card used to substitute for another card, when the latter is not available.
- (video games slang) Clipping of proximity mine.
- The authority to act for another, especially when written.
- a power of attorney document given by shareholders of a corporation authorizing a specific vote on their behalf at a corporate meeting
- a person authorized to act for another
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- (pinball) A hole in the playfield that rewards the player when the ball is guided into it.
- (computer security) An attack which redirects requests, whether network or memory accesses, to a new location defined by the attacker.
- (Internet) A domain name server that has been configured to hand out non-routeable addresses for all domains, so that every computer that uses it will fail to get access to the real website.
- (geology) A hole formed in soluble rock by the action of water, serving to conduct surface water to an underground passage.
- A depressed area in which waste or drainage collects.
- a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof
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- (Internet, transitive) To leave (files) available for others to download through peer-to-peer file sharing protocols (e.g. BitTorrent).
- (reflexive) To shed seeds (refers to plants)
- (transitive) To start; to provide, assign or determine the initial resources for, position of, state of.
- (slang, vulgar) To ejaculate inside the penetratee during intercourse, especially in the rectum.
- (meteorology) To scatter small particles within (a cloud or airmass) in order to trigger the formation of rain.
- (intransitive) To produce seed.
- (transitive) To cover thinly with something scattered; to ornament with seedlike decorations.
- (intransitive) To grow to maturity.
- (dialectal) simple past and past participle of see
- (intransitive) To be qualified to compete, especially in a quarter-final, semi-final, or final.
- (sports, gaming) To allocate a seeding to a competitor.
- (transitive) To plant or sow an area with seeds.
- bear seeds
- help (an enterprise) in its early stages of development by providing seed money
- place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth
- distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds
- remove the seeds from
- inoculate with microorganisms
- go to seed; shed seeds
- sprinkle with silver iodide particles to disperse and cause rain
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- (countable) Any small seed-like fruit.
- (countable) A fragment of coral.
- (US slang) A child.
- (sports) The initial position of a competitor or team in a tournament. (seed position)
- (physics) A small particle, bubble, or imperfection that serves as a nucleation point for some process.
- (Internet marketing) A commercial message in a creative format placed on relevant sites on the Internet. (seed idea or seed message)
- The competitor or team occupying a given seed (position).
- (uncountable, collective) An amount of seeds that cannot be readily counted.
- (countable, agriculture) Any propagative portion of a plant which may be sown, such as true seeds, seed-like fruits, tubers, or bulbs.
- A small bubble formed in imperfectly fused glass.
- (countable, figurative) A precursor.
- (uncountable) Semen.
- Race; generation; birth.
- (cryptography, computing) The initialization state of a pseudorandom number generator or similar system.
- (countable, botany) A fertilized and ripened ovule, containing an embryonic plant.
- (video games) (by extension) A unique code that acts as a blueprint for generating a specific game world, determining terrain, structures, and resource placement.
- a small hard fruit
- the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
- anything that provides inspiration for later work
- one of the outstanding players in a tournament
- a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa
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- (computer networking) In the direction from the server to the client.
- (figurative) Occurring later than something else; (also, usually, especially) influenced by something else; being a consequence of something else.
- Toward the lower part of a stream; with the current (of a river, brook, or other flow of fluid).
- (biology) Towards the 3′ end of a DNA molecule.
- in the direction of a stream's current
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- (computer networking) In the direction from the client to the server.
- (figurative) Occurring earlier than something else; (also, usually, especially) being an influence on something else; causing a consequence for something else.
- (biology) Towards the leading end (5′ end) of a DNA molecule.
- (software) Maintained, owned, or associated with the original developers of the given software; in contrast to a modified version downstream.
- (oil industry) Involving exploration and pre-production rather than refining and selling.
- In a direction against the flow of a current or stream of fluid (typically water); upriver.
- in the direction against a stream's current
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- The written appointment of a proctor in suits in the ecclesiastical courts
- An agent or substitute authorized to act for another person.
- (sciences) A measurement of one physical quantity that is used as an indicator of the value of another
- (software) An interface for a service, especially for one that is remote, resource-intensive, or otherwise difficult to use directly.
- (card games) A card used to substitute for another card, when the latter is not available.
- (video games slang) Clipping of proximity mine.
- The authority to act for another, especially when written.
- a power of attorney document given by shareholders of a corporation authorizing a specific vote on their behalf at a corporate meeting
- a person authorized to act for another