English words for '(computing, rare) Supporting a backspace function.'
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verb
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- (law enforcement) Reinforcements.
- An accumulation of material caused by a (partial) obstruction or (complete) blockage of the flow or movement of the material, or an accumulation of material that causes an overflow due to the flow being greater than the maximum possible flow.
- A reserve or substitute.
- (music) Accompaniment.
- (computing) A copy of a file or record, stored separately from the original, that can be used to recover the original if it is damaged or destroyed.
- Corroboration.
- Any support or extra help.
- someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)
- the act of providing approval and support
- an accumulation caused by clogging or a stoppage
- (computer science) a copy of a file or directory on a separate storage device
- a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts
noun
- (computing) Synonym of backscatter.
- (slang) The act of shotgunning (inhaling from a pipe etc. and exhaling into another smoker's mouth).
- An unintended adverse result, especially of covert political action.
- (rail transport) On a steam locomotive, the reversal of exhaust gases when the regulator is closed without using the blower.
- (firearms) A type of action where the pressure from the fired cartridge blows a sliding mechanism backward to extract the fired cartridge, chamber another cartridge, and cock the hammer.
- misinformation resulting from the recirculation into the source country of disinformation previously planted abroad by that country's intelligence service
- the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired
- Blowback is a system of operation for self-loading firearms that obtains energy from the motion of the cartridge case as it is pushed to the rear by expanding gases created by the ignition of the propellant charge.
adj
noun
noun
- (computing, rare) A background process similar to a daemon.
- A Komodo dragon.
- (UK, slang, rare, derogatory) An unattractive woman.
- (figurative) Something very formidable or dangerous.
- A luminous exhalation from marshy ground, seeming to move through the air like a winged serpent.
- A sea dragon.
- Any of various agamid lizards of the genera Draco, Physignathus or Pogona.
- In European mythologies, a gigantic beast, typically reptilian with leathery bat-like wings, lion-like claws, scaly skin and a serpent-like body, often a monster with fiery breath.
- (military, weaponry, historical) A type of musket with a short, large-calibre barrel with a flared muzzle, often hooked to a swivel attached to a soldier's belt.
- (with definite article, often capitalized) The (historical) Chinese empire or the People's Republic of China.
- (mahjong) A class of playing tiles consisting of three types: white dragons, green dragons, and red dragons.
- In Eastern Asian mythologies, a large, snake-like monster with the eyes of a hare, the horns of a stag and the claws of a tiger, usually beneficent.
- (slang) Synonym of drag queen.
- (astronomy, with definite article, often capitalized) The constellation Draco.
- A variety of carrier pigeon.
- (derogatory) A fierce and unpleasant woman.
- a creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings
- any of several small tropical Asian lizards capable of gliding by spreading winglike membranes on each side of the body
- a fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman
noun
- (computing, uncountable) An autosuggest feature.
- (psychology, uncountable) The practice of suggesting thoughts to oneself, as in autohypnosis.
- (psychology, countable) An instance of suggesting a thought to oneself.
- a system for self-improvement developed by Emile Coue which was popular in the 1920s and 1930s
noun
- (computing) An isolated area where a program can be executed with a restricted portion of the resources available.
- (rail transport) A box carried on locomotives, from which sand runs onto the rails in front of the driving wheels, to prevent slipping.
- (wiki jargon) A page on a wiki where users are free to experiment without destroying or damaging any legitimate content.
- A box filled with sand that is shaped to form a mould for metal casting.
- A container for sand or pounce, used historically before blotting paper.
- (US, Canada) A children's play area consisting of a box filled with sand.
- An animal's litter box.
- (US, military, slang, usually "The Sandbox") The Middle East.
- mold consisting of a box with sand shaped to mold metal
- a plaything consisting of a pile of sand or a box filled with sand for children to play in
verb
adj
- (programming, not comparable) Outside the currently selected segment in a segmented memory architecture.
- More remote of two.
- Distant; remote in space.
- Remote in time.
- Extreme, as a difference in nature or quality.
- Long.
- Extreme, as measured from some central or neutral position.
- located at a great distance in time or space or degree
- beyond a norm in opinion or actions
- being of a considerable distance or length
- being the animal or vehicle on the right or being on the right side of an animal or vehicle
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verb
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- (software engineering) To backport.
- (aviation, travel) To be accepted for carriage on a flight.
- (science fiction) To raise (a nonsentient species) into sentience.
- (law, Australia, transitive) To remove (a document) from its current possessor and take it into one's own possession.
- (New Zealand) To remove (a child) from a damaging home environment by a social welfare organization.
- To raise something or someone to a higher physical, social, moral, intellectual, spiritual or emotional level.
- (law, of a penalty) To aggravate; to increase.
- (Northern England) To pick up; take possession of.
- fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
- lift up or elevate
- lift up from the earth, as by geologic forces
noun
- (geology) A tectonic upheaval, especially one that takes place in the process of mountain building.
- (law) An increase in a fine or penalty due to aggravating circumstances.
- (transport) The picking up and loading of goods to be transported by a mover.
- (colloquial) A brassiere that raises the breasts.
- The act or result of uplifting (in various senses).
- a brassiere that lifts and supports the breasts
- (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)
noun
- a specified function
- the power to learn or retain knowledge; in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behavior
- tolerance for alcohol
- the amount that can be contained
- (computer science) the amount of information (in bytes) that can be stored on a disk drive
- the maximum production possible
- capability to perform or produce
- an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored
- the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment
- A measure of such ability; volume.
- Electrical capacitance.
- (operations) The maximum that can be produced on a machine or in a facility or group.
- The ability to hold, receive, or absorb.
- Mental ability; the power to learn;
- A role; the position in which one functions.
- Legal authority (to make an arrest for example).
- The potential for growth and development.
- The maximum that can be produced.
- Capability; the ability to perform some task.
- The maximum amount that can be held.
adj
noun
- (computing theory) A technique for optimizing loops by partitioning the iteration space into smaller chunks or blocks that will more easily fit in a cache.
- (uncountable) The act of applying tiles.
- A covering of tiles.
- (geometry) A tessellation; the covering of a plane with shapes, without overlaps or gaps.
- the application of tiles to cover a surface
verb
noun
noun
- (computing) a collection of standard programs and subroutines that are stored and available for immediate use
- a building that houses a collection of books and other materials
- a room where books are kept
- a depository built to contain books and other materials for reading and study
- a collection of literary documents or records kept for reference or borrowing
- A room dedicated to storing books.
- (card games, Magic: The Gathering) The deck or draw pile.
- A collection of books or other forms of stored information.
- An institution which holds books and/or other forms of media for use by the public or qualified people often lending them out, as well as providing various other services for its users.
- An equivalent collection of analogous information in a non-printed form, e.g. record library.
- (by extension) Any institution that lends out its goods for use by the public or a community.
- (genetics) A collection of DNA material from a single organism or relative to a single disease.
- (programming) A collection of software routines that provide functionality to be incorporated into or used by a computer program.
adj
- (computing) Carrying additional data or functionality.
- (sometimes derogatory) Carrying more fat than usual on one's body; plump; not lean or thin.
- Bulbous; rotund.
- Alternative form of phat.
- (golf) Being a shot in which the ground is struck before the ball.
- (slang) Being greatly or substantially such; real.
- Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate.
- (music) Having a full or rich sound with strong bass and low-midrange presence.
- Fertile; productive.
- Bountiful.
- (theater) Of a role: significant; major; meaty.
- Rich; producing a large income; desirable.
- Thick; large.
- Oily; greasy; unctuous; rich (said of food).
- lucrative
- having an (over)abundance of flesh
- marked by great fruitfulness
- having a relatively large diameter
- containing or composed of fat
noun
- (informal, derogatory) A fat person.
- (uncountable) A specialized animal tissue with high lipid content, used for long-term storage of energy: fat tissue.
- (countable) A lipid that is solid at room temperature, which fat tissue contains and which is also found in the blood circulation; sometimes, a refined substance chemically resembling such naturally occurring lipids.
- That part of an organization deemed wasteful.
- (slang) An erection.
- A fop or dandy.
- Such tissue as food: the fatty portion of (or trimmings from) meat cuts.
- The best or richest productions; the best part.
- (Australia) A beef cattle fattened for sale.
- (golf) A poorly played shot where the ball is struck by the top part of the club head. (see also thin, shank, toe)
- a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides)
- a kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy; it also cushions and insulates vital organs
- excess bodily weight
verb
noun
- (computing) Initialism of binary space partitioning.
- Initialism of blatant self-promotion.
- (finance) Initialism of bank settlement plan, a reporting system used by travel companies to pay airlines.
- (computing) Initialism of board support package (“device driver”).
- (plumbing) Initialism of British Standard Pipe.
name
verb
noun
noun
verb
noun
- (computing) Synonym of backscatter.
- (slang) The act of shotgunning (inhaling from a pipe etc. and exhaling into another smoker's mouth).
- An unintended adverse result, especially of covert political action.
- (rail transport) On a steam locomotive, the reversal of exhaust gases when the regulator is closed without using the blower.
- (firearms) A type of action where the pressure from the fired cartridge blows a sliding mechanism backward to extract the fired cartridge, chamber another cartridge, and cock the hammer.
- misinformation resulting from the recirculation into the source country of disinformation previously planted abroad by that country's intelligence service
- the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired
- Blowback is a system of operation for self-loading firearms that obtains energy from the motion of the cartridge case as it is pushed to the rear by expanding gases created by the ignition of the propellant charge.
noun
- (computing, rare) A background process similar to a daemon.
- A Komodo dragon.
- (UK, slang, rare, derogatory) An unattractive woman.
- (figurative) Something very formidable or dangerous.
- A luminous exhalation from marshy ground, seeming to move through the air like a winged serpent.
- A sea dragon.
- Any of various agamid lizards of the genera Draco, Physignathus or Pogona.
- In European mythologies, a gigantic beast, typically reptilian with leathery bat-like wings, lion-like claws, scaly skin and a serpent-like body, often a monster with fiery breath.
- (military, weaponry, historical) A type of musket with a short, large-calibre barrel with a flared muzzle, often hooked to a swivel attached to a soldier's belt.
- (with definite article, often capitalized) The (historical) Chinese empire or the People's Republic of China.
- (mahjong) A class of playing tiles consisting of three types: white dragons, green dragons, and red dragons.
- In Eastern Asian mythologies, a large, snake-like monster with the eyes of a hare, the horns of a stag and the claws of a tiger, usually beneficent.
- (slang) Synonym of drag queen.
- (astronomy, with definite article, often capitalized) The constellation Draco.
- A variety of carrier pigeon.
- (derogatory) A fierce and unpleasant woman.
- a creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings
- any of several small tropical Asian lizards capable of gliding by spreading winglike membranes on each side of the body
- a fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman
noun
- (computing, uncountable) An autosuggest feature.
- (psychology, uncountable) The practice of suggesting thoughts to oneself, as in autohypnosis.
- (psychology, countable) An instance of suggesting a thought to oneself.
- a system for self-improvement developed by Emile Coue which was popular in the 1920s and 1930s
noun
- (computing) An isolated area where a program can be executed with a restricted portion of the resources available.
- (rail transport) A box carried on locomotives, from which sand runs onto the rails in front of the driving wheels, to prevent slipping.
- (wiki jargon) A page on a wiki where users are free to experiment without destroying or damaging any legitimate content.
- A box filled with sand that is shaped to form a mould for metal casting.
- A container for sand or pounce, used historically before blotting paper.
- (US, Canada) A children's play area consisting of a box filled with sand.
- An animal's litter box.
- (US, military, slang, usually "The Sandbox") The Middle East.
- mold consisting of a box with sand shaped to mold metal
- a plaything consisting of a pile of sand or a box filled with sand for children to play in
verb
noun
- a specified function
- the power to learn or retain knowledge; in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behavior
- tolerance for alcohol
- the amount that can be contained
- (computer science) the amount of information (in bytes) that can be stored on a disk drive
- the maximum production possible
- capability to perform or produce
- an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored
- the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment
- A measure of such ability; volume.
- Electrical capacitance.
- (operations) The maximum that can be produced on a machine or in a facility or group.
- The ability to hold, receive, or absorb.
- Mental ability; the power to learn;
- A role; the position in which one functions.
- Legal authority (to make an arrest for example).
- The potential for growth and development.
- The maximum that can be produced.
- Capability; the ability to perform some task.
- The maximum amount that can be held.
adj
noun
- (computing theory) A technique for optimizing loops by partitioning the iteration space into smaller chunks or blocks that will more easily fit in a cache.
- (uncountable) The act of applying tiles.
- A covering of tiles.
- (geometry) A tessellation; the covering of a plane with shapes, without overlaps or gaps.
- the application of tiles to cover a surface
verb
noun
noun
- (computing) a collection of standard programs and subroutines that are stored and available for immediate use
- a building that houses a collection of books and other materials
- a room where books are kept
- a depository built to contain books and other materials for reading and study
- a collection of literary documents or records kept for reference or borrowing
- A room dedicated to storing books.
- (card games, Magic: The Gathering) The deck or draw pile.
- A collection of books or other forms of stored information.
- An institution which holds books and/or other forms of media for use by the public or qualified people often lending them out, as well as providing various other services for its users.
- An equivalent collection of analogous information in a non-printed form, e.g. record library.
- (by extension) Any institution that lends out its goods for use by the public or a community.
- (genetics) A collection of DNA material from a single organism or relative to a single disease.
- (programming) A collection of software routines that provide functionality to be incorporated into or used by a computer program.
noun
- (computing) Initialism of binary space partitioning.
- Initialism of blatant self-promotion.
- (finance) Initialism of bank settlement plan, a reporting system used by travel companies to pay airlines.
- (computing) Initialism of board support package (“device driver”).
- (plumbing) Initialism of British Standard Pipe.
name
verb
adj
noun
- (law enforcement) Reinforcements.
- An accumulation of material caused by a (partial) obstruction or (complete) blockage of the flow or movement of the material, or an accumulation of material that causes an overflow due to the flow being greater than the maximum possible flow.
- A reserve or substitute.
- (music) Accompaniment.
- (computing) A copy of a file or record, stored separately from the original, that can be used to recover the original if it is damaged or destroyed.
- Corroboration.
- Any support or extra help.
- someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)
- the act of providing approval and support
- an accumulation caused by clogging or a stoppage
- (computer science) a copy of a file or directory on a separate storage device
- a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts
verb
- (software engineering) To backport.
- (aviation, travel) To be accepted for carriage on a flight.
- (science fiction) To raise (a nonsentient species) into sentience.
- (law, Australia, transitive) To remove (a document) from its current possessor and take it into one's own possession.
- (New Zealand) To remove (a child) from a damaging home environment by a social welfare organization.
- To raise something or someone to a higher physical, social, moral, intellectual, spiritual or emotional level.
- (law, of a penalty) To aggravate; to increase.
- (Northern England) To pick up; take possession of.
- fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
- lift up or elevate
- lift up from the earth, as by geologic forces
noun
- (geology) A tectonic upheaval, especially one that takes place in the process of mountain building.
- (law) An increase in a fine or penalty due to aggravating circumstances.
- (transport) The picking up and loading of goods to be transported by a mover.
- (colloquial) A brassiere that raises the breasts.
- The act or result of uplifting (in various senses).
- a brassiere that lifts and supports the breasts
- (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)
verb
noun
verb
adj
noun
- (law enforcement) Reinforcements.
- An accumulation of material caused by a (partial) obstruction or (complete) blockage of the flow or movement of the material, or an accumulation of material that causes an overflow due to the flow being greater than the maximum possible flow.
- A reserve or substitute.
- (music) Accompaniment.
- (computing) A copy of a file or record, stored separately from the original, that can be used to recover the original if it is damaged or destroyed.
- Corroboration.
- Any support or extra help.
- someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)
- the act of providing approval and support
- an accumulation caused by clogging or a stoppage
- (computer science) a copy of a file or directory on a separate storage device
- a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts
adj
noun
adj
- (programming, not comparable) Outside the currently selected segment in a segmented memory architecture.
- More remote of two.
- Distant; remote in space.
- Remote in time.
- Extreme, as a difference in nature or quality.
- Long.
- Extreme, as measured from some central or neutral position.
- located at a great distance in time or space or degree
- beyond a norm in opinion or actions
- being of a considerable distance or length
- being the animal or vehicle on the right or being on the right side of an animal or vehicle
adv
noun
verb
adj
- (computing) Carrying additional data or functionality.
- (sometimes derogatory) Carrying more fat than usual on one's body; plump; not lean or thin.
- Bulbous; rotund.
- Alternative form of phat.
- (golf) Being a shot in which the ground is struck before the ball.
- (slang) Being greatly or substantially such; real.
- Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate.
- (music) Having a full or rich sound with strong bass and low-midrange presence.
- Fertile; productive.
- Bountiful.
- (theater) Of a role: significant; major; meaty.
- Rich; producing a large income; desirable.
- Thick; large.
- Oily; greasy; unctuous; rich (said of food).
- lucrative
- having an (over)abundance of flesh
- marked by great fruitfulness
- having a relatively large diameter
- containing or composed of fat
noun
- (informal, derogatory) A fat person.
- (uncountable) A specialized animal tissue with high lipid content, used for long-term storage of energy: fat tissue.
- (countable) A lipid that is solid at room temperature, which fat tissue contains and which is also found in the blood circulation; sometimes, a refined substance chemically resembling such naturally occurring lipids.
- That part of an organization deemed wasteful.
- (slang) An erection.
- A fop or dandy.
- Such tissue as food: the fatty portion of (or trimmings from) meat cuts.
- The best or richest productions; the best part.
- (Australia) A beef cattle fattened for sale.
- (golf) A poorly played shot where the ball is struck by the top part of the club head. (see also thin, shank, toe)
- a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides)
- a kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy; it also cushions and insulates vital organs
- excess bodily weight