English words for '(software engineering) In source control, to commit selected changes from one branch to another.'
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- (software engineering) In source control, to commit selected changes from one branch to another.
- (US, idiomatic, sports) To position oneself near the opponent's goal to attempt to receive an errant or intentional pass for an easy score, as in basketball or versions of soccer where offsides are not enforced.
- (US, idiomatic, broadcasting) To broadcast selected programming from another network.
- (rhetoric, logic, by extension) To select only evidence which supports an argument, and reject or ignore contradictory evidence.
- (idiomatic) To pick out the best or most desirable items from a list or group, especially to obtain some advantage or to present something in the best possible light.
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- (computing, source control) To integrate changes by appending them to another commit or branch, rather than pulling or merging in changes from a branch.
- (dentistry) To replace the base of a denture.
- (computing, transitive) To change the base address of.
- (computing) To modify core data from which other data is derived in such a way that the final meaning is unchanged.
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- (software engineering, attributive) Software updates that fix bugs and improve stability rather than adding new features.
- Money required or spent to provide for the needs of a person or a family.
- Actions performed to keep some machine or system functioning or in service.
- (law) A tort and (in some jurisdictions) an offence committed when a third party who does not have a bona fide interest in a lawsuit provides help or acquires an interest to a litigant's lawsuit.
- (law) Child support.
- (law, UK) Alimony, a periodical payment or a lump sum made or ordered to be made to a spouse after a divorce.
- (biology) The natural process which keeps an organism alive.
- (Philippines, medicine, colloquial) Ellipsis of maintenance medicine.
- means of maintenance of a family or group
- the unauthorized interference in a legal action by a person having no interest in it (as by helping one party with money or otherwise to continue the action) so as to obstruct justice or promote unnecessary litigation or unsettle the peace of the community
- activity involved in maintaining something in good working order
- the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence
- court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated
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- (software engineering) In software projects under source control: the most current source tree, from which the latest unstable builds (so-called "trunk builds") are compiled.
- The conspicuously extended, mobile, nose-like organ of an animal such as a sengi, a tapir or especially an elephant. The trunks of various kinds of animals might be adapted to probing and sniffing, as in the sengis, or be partly prehensile, as in the tapir, or be a versatile prehensile organ for manipulation, feeding, drinking and fighting as in the elephant.
- The usually single, more or less upright part of a tree, between the roots and the branches.
- A box or chest usually covered with leather, metal, or cloth, or sometimes made of leather, hide, or metal, for holding or transporting clothes or other goods.
- (mining) A flume or sluice in which ores are separated from the slimes in which they are contained.
- A large suitcase, chest, or similar receptacle for carrying or storing personal possessions, usually with a hinged, often domed lid, and handles at each end, so that generally it takes two persons to carry a full trunk.
- A long, large box, pipe, or conductor, made of plank or metal plates, for various uses, as for conveying air to a mine or to a furnace, water to a mill, grain to an elevator, etc.
- The main line or body of anything.
- (architecture) The part of a pilaster between the base and capital, corresponding to the shaft of a column.
- (automotive) A storage compartment fitted behind the seat of a motorcycle.
- (transport) A main line in a river, canal, railroad, or highway system.
- The torso; especially, the human torso.
- (US, telecommunications) A major circuit between telephone switchboards or other switching equipment.
- (Canada, US, automotive) The luggage storage compartment of a sedan/saloon-style car.
- A large pipe forming the piston rod of a steam engine, of sufficient diameter to allow one end of the connecting rod to be attached to the crank, and the other end to pass within the pipe directly to the piston, thus making the engine more compact.
- A chute or conduit, or a watertight shaft connecting two or more decks.
- (in the plural) Ellipsis of swimming trunks.
- the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber
- compartment in an automobile that carries luggage or shopping or tools
- luggage consisting of a large strong case used when traveling or for storage
- a long flexible snout as of an elephant
- the body excluding the head and neck and limbs
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- (transitive, software engineering) To create a copy of a distributed version control repository.
- (ambitransitive, software engineering) To launch a separate software development effort based upon a modified copy of an existing software project, especially in free and open-source software.
- (transitive) To move with a fork (as hay or food).
- (chess) To simultaneously attack two opposing pieces with a single attacking piece.
- (mining, transitive) To bale a shaft dry.
- (intransitive) To shoot into blades, as corn does.
- (ambitransitive, computing) To spawn a new child process by duplicating the existing process.
- (transitive, British) To kick someone in the crotch.
- (transitive) Euphemistic form of fuck.
- (ambitransitive) To divide into two or more branches or copies.
- lift with a pitchfork
- shape like a fork
- divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
- place under attack with one's own pieces, of two enemy pieces
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- (software) The launch of one or more separate software development efforts based upon a modified copy of an existing project, especially in free and open-source software.
- Such a pronged tool having a long straight handle, generally for two-handed use, as used for digging, lifting, mucking, pitching, etc.
- (cycling, motorcycling, by abstraction from a pronged tool's shape) In a bicycle or motorcycle, the portion of the frameset holding the front wheel, allowing the rider to steer and balance, also called front fork.
- Any of several types of pronged tools for use on farms, in fields, or in the garden or lawn, such as a smaller hand fork for weeding or a larger one for turning over the soil.
- (mining) The bottom of a sump into which the water of a mine drains.
- (metonymic) Either of the (figurative) paths thus taken.
- (content management) Any of the pieces/versions of content thus created.
- (cryptocurrencies) A split in a blockchain resulting from protocol disagreements, or a branch of the blockchain resulting from such a split.
- (chess) The simultaneous attack of two adversary pieces with one single attacking piece (especially a knight).
- (figuratively, decision-making) A point in time where one has to make a decision between two life paths.
- (software) Any of the software projects resulting from the launch of such separate software development efforts based upon a copy of the original project.
- A tuning fork.
- (content management) The splitting of the coverage of a topic (within a corpus of content) into two or more pieces.
- (by abstraction, from the tool shape) A point where a waterway, such as a river or other stream, splits and flows into two (or more) different directions.
- (colloquial) A forklift.
- (British, vulgar) The crotch.
- Either of the blades of a forklift (or, in plural, the set of blades), on which the goods to be raised are loaded.
- (metonymic) Any of the pieces/versions (of software, content, or data sets) thus created.
- (computing, file systems) A set of data associated with an individual file in some file systems.
- (metonymic, analogous to any prong of a pronged tool) One of the parts into which anything is furcated or divided; a prong; a branch of a stream, a road, etc.; a barbed point, as of an arrow.
- A utensil with spikes used to put solid food into the mouth, or to hold food down while cutting, or for serving food.
- (physical) An intersection in a road or path where one road is split into two.
- (figurative) A decision point.
- The upper front brow of a saddle bow, connected in the tree by the two saddle bars to the cantle on the other end.
- an agricultural tool used for lifting or digging; has a handle and metal prongs
- the region of the angle formed by the junction of two branches
- the angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they join the human trunk
- a utensil with two or more prongs, used for serving or eating food
- the act of branching out or dividing into branches
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- (programming) The submission of source code or other material to a source control repository.
- (informal, sports, chiefly US) A person, especially a high school athlete, who agrees verbally or signs a letter committing to attend a college or university.
- (computing, databases) The act of committing (e.g. a database transaction), making it a permanent change; such a change.
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- (transitive, computing, databases) To make a set of changes permanent.
- (transitive) To do (something bad); to perpetrate, as a crime, sin, or fault.
- (transitive) To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; used with to or formerly unto.
- (ambitransitive) To pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or endanger by some decisive act or preliminary step. (Traditionally used only reflexively but now also without oneself etc.)
- (transitive) To forcibly evaluate and treat in a medical facility, particularly for presumed mental illness.
- (transitive, programming) To integrate new revisions into the public or master version of a file in a version control system.
- (transitive) To imprison: to forcibly place in a jail.
- transfer to another place so something can be kept or preserved
- engage in or perform
- cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
- perform an act, usually with a negative connotation
- make a set of changes permanent
- make an investment
- give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
- confer a trust upon
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- (transitive, ergative) To prepare and arrange (originally military unit or units, i.e., to array troops) for use.
- (transitive, intransitive) To unfold, open, or otherwise become ready for use.
- (computing) To install, test and implement a computer system or application.
- to distribute systematically or strategically
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- (transitive, programming) To obtain source code (or other material) from a source control repository so that one can modify it (and often later check in the modified version back).
- (intransitive) To leave in a hurry.
- (intransitive) To become uninterested in an activity and cease to participate in more than a perfunctory manner; to become uncooperative.
- (intransitive, euphemistic, by extension) To die.
- (transitive) To examine, inspect, look at closely, ogle; to investigate; to gather information so as to make a decision.
- (intransitive) To prove (after an investigation) to be the case, or to be in order.
- (intransitive) To record one's departure from a workplace, hotel, restaurant, etc.
- (intransitive) To become catatonic or otherwise nonresponsive.
- (darts) To visit the oche for the last time and clear one's remaining points to win the game.
- (transitive) To record the departure or withdrawal of someone or something (such as guests, employees, books, etc.).
- trace
- withdraw money by writing a check
- examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition
- be verified or confirmed; pass inspection
- try to learn someone's opinions and intentions
- announce one's departure from a hotel
- record, add up, and receive payment for items purchased
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- (computing) the controlled implementation of required changes to some system; includes version control and planned fallback
- a structured approach to transitioning individuals, teams and organizations from a current state to desired future state, aimed at employee empowerment for accepting change in the work environment.
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- (software engineering) A relationship between two or more elements of software in which changing one necessitates changing the others in order to maintain overall correctness; a metric for such a relationship.
- The state of being born into the same family, race, or group; a commonality of heritage or birthright.
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- (software engineering) A series of steps which reproduce a bug or other condition of interest.
- One who reproduces something.
- In a phonograph, a device containing a sounding diaphragm and the needle or stylus that traverses the moving record, for reproducing the sound.
- In a manograph, a device for reproducing the engine stroke on a reduced scale.
- an audio system that can reproduce and amplify signals to produce sound
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- (writing) To rewrite existing text in order to improve its readability, reusability or structure without intentionally affecting its meaning. Similar to, but sometimes involving more extensive restructuring than, copy editing.
- (programming) To rewrite existing source code in order to improve its readability, reusability or structure without affecting its meaning or behaviour.
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- (software) A change which is neither forward nor backward compatible.
- (software) A day designated for changing to an incompatible system.
- (Hong Kong) A day on which a registered charity raises money, usually by selling small stickers.
- (British, Ireland) A day on which a registered charity raises money, usually by selling small lapel flags.
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- (computing) The main repository for a software project, from which different versions (forks) may be split off.
- The general population of a prison.
- (fishing) In longline fishing the central line to which the branch lines with baits are attached.
- (slang) A principal vein into which a drug can be injected.
- (rail transport) The principal route or line of a railway.
- (plumbing) The pipeline carrying wastewater to the public drains or a septic tank.
- (chess) Alternative form of main line.
- (aviation) An airline's main operating unit, as opposed to codeshares or regional subsidiaries.
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- (computing, transitive) To integrate (code, etc.) into the main repository for a software project, rather than separate forks.
- (slang) To inject (a drug) directly into a vein.
- (transitive) To include (a prisoner) in the general population of a prison.
- (by extension, informal, transitive) To consume voraciously.
- inject into the vein
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- (rail transport) Of or pertaining to a surface railway as distinct from an underground, elevated or light rail one.
- (chess) Of a sequence of opening moves: being part of a main line ("a standard sequence of opening moves considered to be best play").
- Normal, principal or standard.
- (rail transport) Of or pertaining to the principal route or line of a railway.
verb
- modify (software) for use on a different machine or platform
- land at or reach a port
- drink port
- turn or go to the port or left side, of a ship
- bring to port
- carry or hold with both hands diagonally across the body, especially of weapons
- carry, bear, convey, or bring
- put or turn on the left side, of a ship
- (transitive) To carry, bear, bring, or transport. See porter.
- (transitive, computing, video games) To adapt, modify, or recode to work on a different platform.
- (ergative, telephony) To carry or transfer (an existing telephone number) from one service provider to another.
- (transitive, military) To hold or carry (a weapon) with both hands so that it lies diagonally across the front of the body, with the barrel or similar part near the left shoulder and the right hand grasping the small of the stock; or, to throw (the weapon) into this position on command.
- (nautical, transitive, chiefly imperative) To turn or put to the left or larboard side of a ship; said of the helm.
- (US, government and law) To transfer a voucher or subsidy from one jurisdiction to another.
- (nautical) To dock at a port.
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- the left side of a ship or aircraft to someone who is aboard and facing the bow or nose
- a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country
- an opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through
- (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)
- sweet dark-red dessert wine originally from Portugal
- (also networking) A number that delimits a connection for specific processes or parts of a network service.
- (nautical, aviation, uncountable) The left-hand side of a vessel, including aircraft, when one is facing the front. Used to unambiguously refer to directions relative to the vessel structure, rather than to a person or object on board.
- (military) The position of a weapon when ported; a rifle position executed by throwing the weapon diagonally across the front of the body, with the right hand grasping the small of the stock and the barrel sloping upward and crossing the point of the left shoulder.
- (informal) The portfolio of a model or artist.
- (Queensland) A suitcase or schoolbag.
- (bowls, curling) A narrow opening between other players' bowls or stones wide enough for a delivered bowl or stone to pass through.
- (rowing) A sweep rower that primarily rows with an oar on the port side.
- An opening with a valve seat such that a valve can control the flow of fluid through the opening.
- (now Scotland, historical) An entryway or gate.
- A place on the coast at which ships can shelter, or dock to load and unload cargo or passengers.
- (computing) A program that has been adapted, modified, or recoded so that it works on a different platform; the act of this adapting.
- A female connector of an electronic device, into which a cable's male connector can be inserted.
- (computing, BSD) A set of files used to build and install a binary executable file from the source code of an application.
- An opening where a connection (such as with a pipe) is made.
- Something used to carry a thing, especially a frame for wicks in candle-making.
- A type of very sweet fortified wine, mostly dark red, traditionally made in Portugal.
- A town or city containing such a place, a port city.
- (medicine) A small medical appliance installed beneath the skin, connected to a vein by a catheter, and used to inject drugs or to draw blood samples.
- An opening or doorway in the side of a ship, especially for boarding or loading; an embrasure through which a cannon may be discharged; a porthole.
- A logical or physical construct in and from which data are transferred. Computer port on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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- (software) Of or relating to software where the source code is freely available and licensed in a manner that permits modification and redistribution.
- (espionage) Relying on publicly available information (open sources).
- (by extension) Describing any product whose composition or method of manufacturing is public knowledge and not proprietary.
- of or relating to or being computer software for which the source code is freely available
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- (computing) A source control feature that can show which user was responsible for a particular portion of the source code.
- Censure.
- Culpability for something negative or undesirable.
- Responsibility for something meriting censure.
- a reproach for some lapse or misdeed
- an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed
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- (transitive, with "on") To assert the cause of some bad event.
- To censure (someone or something); to criticize.
- (transitive, usually followed by "for") To assert or consider that someone is the cause of something negative; to place blame; to attribute responsibility (for something negative or for doing something negative).
- put or pin the blame on
- attribute responsibility to
- harass with constant criticism
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- (software engineering) Enforcing one particular approach instead of offering options and flexibility.
- (of a person) Holding to one's own opinion obstinately and unreasonably.
- (of a person) Having very strong opinions.
- (of statements or content) Infused with opinions rather than wholly objective.
- obstinate in your opinions
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- (software) To integrate new revisions into the public or master version of a file in a version control system.
- (transitive, prison slang) To send somebody to solitary confinement; to make somebody be admitted to solitary confinement.
- To verify a person's information and record their arrival, such as at a hotel, airport, etc.
- To visit in order to see how someone is doing.
- To contact another person in order to keep the other person informed of one's situation.
- (intransitive, prison slang) To enter solitary confinement at one's own request for protection from other prisoners.
- To announce or record one's own arrival at a hotel, airport etc.
- (intransitive, Netherlands, non-native speakers' English) to tap on, to touch in, to tap in (to use a smartcard to start a public transport journey)
- (transitive) To return (a book to a library, source code to a repository, etc.).
- announce one's arrival, e.g. at hotels or airports
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- (computing) The transfer of control to another subsystem.
- (business) The passing of a completed project to another person or group.
- (aviation) The transfer of the radar identification of an aircraft from one controller to another when the aircraft enters the receiving controller's airspace and radio communications with the aircraft are transferred.
- (American football) A pass made in a backward direction.
- (rugby) The act of pushing an opponent away with an open hand.
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- (programming, of a commit in a VCS) Containing a single change, as opposed to involving numerous unrelated changes.
- Unable to be split or made any smaller.
- Employing or relating to nuclear energy or processes.
- (computing, of an operation) Guaranteed to complete either fully or not at all while waiting in a pause, and running synchronously when called by multiple asynchronous threads.
- (order theory, of a partially ordered set with a least element 0) Such that for every element b>0 there exists an atom a such that b≥a>0.
- Infinitesimally small.
- (logic, of a proposition) Lacking logical operators; unable to be made simpler in logical form.
- (colloquial, by extension) Very strong and overpowering.
- (physics, chemistry) Of or relating to atoms; composed of atoms; monatomic.
- (weapons) deriving destructive energy from the release of atomic energy
- of or relating to or comprising atoms
- immeasurably small
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- (software engineering) Of or relating to a software metric that measures the complexity of a program based on the number of linearly independent paths through the source code.
- (network analysis) Used to describe the number of circuits in a network; equal to the number of edges, minus the number of nodes plus the number of graphs.
- (graph theory) Used to describe the number of edges that must be removed from a graph to ensure that no graph cycle remains; equal to the number of edges, minus the number of nodes plus one.
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- (pathology) Initialism of progressive supranuclear palsy.
- (biochemistry, organic chemistry) Initialism of phenolsulfonphthalein.
- (video games) Initialism of PlayStation Portable.
- (online retail) Initialism of pre-shipment photo.
- (computing) Initialism of Program Segment Prefix.
- (physiology) Initialism of postsynaptic potential.
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- (software) Maintained, owned, or associated with the original developers of the given software; in contrast to a modified version downstream.
- (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.
- (computer networking) In the direction from the client to the server.
- (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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- (software engineering) A reusable piece of code (and, sometimes, other utilities) providing a standard environment within which an application can be implemented.
- (literally) The arrangement of support beams that represent a building's general shape and size.
- (figuratively) The larger branches of a tree that determine its shape.
- (figuratively) A basic conceptual structure.
- (grammar) An established and structured system of rules and principles used for analyzing and describing the structure of a language.
- (literally) A support structure comprising joined parts or conglomerated particles and intervening open spaces of similar or larger size.
- a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process
- the underlying structure
- a structure supporting or containing something
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- (computing) A source control repository hosted on a remote machine, rather than locally.
- (broadcasting) An element of broadcast programming originating away from the station's or show's control room.
- Ellipsis of remote control.
- a device that can be used to control a machine or apparatus from a distance
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- (computing) The process of merging different team branches into the main trunk of a versioning system.
- (sociology) A form of social integration where the dominant group integrates with the minority or marginalized, rather than the other way round, e.g. where able-bodied people take part in parasports.
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- (programming) A software mechanism that performs binding.
- (chemistry) A chemical or other substance that causes two other substances to form into one.
- (UK, slang) One who whines or complains.
- (molecular biology) A protein binder.
- A cover or holder for unbound papers, pages, etc.
- Something that is used to bind things together, often referring to the mechanism that accomplishes this for a book.
- (law) A down payment on a piece of real property that secures the payor the right to purchase the property from the payee upon an agreement of terms.
- (chiefly Minnesota) A rubber band.
- (agriculture) A machine used in harvesting which cuts the stalks of a crop and then ties them into a bundle or sheaf.
- (LGBTQ) Material or clothing used in binding or flattening the breasts.
- Someone who binds.
- A dossier.
- Someone who binds books; a bookbinder.
- (computing) A program or routine that attaches malware to an existing harmless file on the target system.
- something used to tie or bind
- a machine that cuts grain and binds it in sheaves
- holds loose papers or magazines
- something used to bind separate particles together or facilitate adhesion to a surface
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- (computing) A software product converted from one platform to another.
- (American football) An extra point (or two) scored by kicking a field goal or carrying the ball into the end zone after scoring a touchdown.
- (law) Under the common law, the tort of the taking of someone's personal property with intent to permanently deprive them of it, or damaging property to the extent that the owner is deprived of the utility of that property, thus making the tortfeasor liable for the entire value of the property.
- (logic) The act of interchanging the terms of a proposition, as by putting the subject in the place of the predicate, or vice versa.
- (mathematics) A change or reduction of the form or value of a proposition.
- (chemistry) A chemical reaction wherein a substrate is transformed into a product.
- (marketing) An online advertising performance metric representing a visitor performing whatever the intended result of an ad is defined to be.
- (rugby) A free kick, after scoring a try, worth two points.
- (linguistics) The process whereby a new word is created without changing the form, often by allowing the word to function as a new part of speech.
- Living space in a part of a building that was previously uninhabitable, or the process of constructing such living space.
- The act of converting something or someone.
- (slang, board games) Changing a miniature figure into another character, usually by mixing different parts, or molding the model's parts, or doing both.
- (psychiatry) a defense mechanism represses emotional conflicts which are then converted into physical symptoms that have no organic basis
- a change in the units or form of an expression:
- a successful free throw or try for point after a touchdown
- act of exchanging one type of money or security for another
- a change of religion
- the act of changing from one use or function or purpose to another
- interchange of subject and predicate of a proposition
- a spiritual enlightenment causing a person to lead a new life
- an event that results in a transformation
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- (software) The act of dividing complex code into libraries with common functionality to help make the process of programming more manageable and reusable.
- (by extension) The act or process of dividing a complex task or structure into smaller, often more manageable pieces.
- (psychology) A defense mechanism in which thoughts and feelings that seem to conflict are kept separated or isolated from each other in the mind.
- Division into compartments or parts.
- (military) The dissemination of information and knowledge between different people or organisations on a need-to-know basis, so as to reduce the risk of espionage should one person or organisation be compromised externally.
- a mild state of dissociation
- the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type
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- Any test subject, especially an inadvertent or unwilling one. (From the mining practice of using canaries to detect dangerous gases.)
- (Australia, informal) A yellow sticker applied by the police to a vehicle to indicate it is unroadworthy.
- (informal) A female singer, soprano, a coloratura singer.
- (slang) An informer or snitch; a squealer.
- A small, usually yellow, finch (genus Serinus), a songbird native to the Canary Islands.
- Any of various small birds of different countries, most of which are largely yellow in colour.
- (public transport) A previously-issued ticket, retained by a ticket-seller, conductor or driver and resold to a subsequent passenger as a means of defrauding the transport company.
- (slang) A (usually yellow) capsule of the short-acting barbiturate pentobarbital/pentobarbitone (nembutal).
- (computing) A change that is tested by being rolled out first to a subset of machines or users before rolling out to all.
- (countable, uncountable) A light, sweet, white wine from the Canary Islands.
- (computing) A value placed in memory such that it will be the first data corrupted by a buffer overflow, allowing the program to identify and recover from it.
- A light, slightly greenish, yellow colour.
- A lively dance, possibly of Spanish origin (also called canaries).
- any of several small Old World finches
- someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police
- a female singer
- a moderate yellow with a greenish tinge
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- (software engineering, attributive) Software updates that fix bugs and improve stability rather than adding new features.
- Money required or spent to provide for the needs of a person or a family.
- Actions performed to keep some machine or system functioning or in service.
- (law) A tort and (in some jurisdictions) an offence committed when a third party who does not have a bona fide interest in a lawsuit provides help or acquires an interest to a litigant's lawsuit.
- (law) Child support.
- (law, UK) Alimony, a periodical payment or a lump sum made or ordered to be made to a spouse after a divorce.
- (biology) The natural process which keeps an organism alive.
- (Philippines, medicine, colloquial) Ellipsis of maintenance medicine.
- means of maintenance of a family or group
- the unauthorized interference in a legal action by a person having no interest in it (as by helping one party with money or otherwise to continue the action) so as to obstruct justice or promote unnecessary litigation or unsettle the peace of the community
- activity involved in maintaining something in good working order
- the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence
- court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated
noun
- (software engineering) In software projects under source control: the most current source tree, from which the latest unstable builds (so-called "trunk builds") are compiled.
- The conspicuously extended, mobile, nose-like organ of an animal such as a sengi, a tapir or especially an elephant. The trunks of various kinds of animals might be adapted to probing and sniffing, as in the sengis, or be partly prehensile, as in the tapir, or be a versatile prehensile organ for manipulation, feeding, drinking and fighting as in the elephant.
- The usually single, more or less upright part of a tree, between the roots and the branches.
- A box or chest usually covered with leather, metal, or cloth, or sometimes made of leather, hide, or metal, for holding or transporting clothes or other goods.
- (mining) A flume or sluice in which ores are separated from the slimes in which they are contained.
- A large suitcase, chest, or similar receptacle for carrying or storing personal possessions, usually with a hinged, often domed lid, and handles at each end, so that generally it takes two persons to carry a full trunk.
- A long, large box, pipe, or conductor, made of plank or metal plates, for various uses, as for conveying air to a mine or to a furnace, water to a mill, grain to an elevator, etc.
- The main line or body of anything.
- (architecture) The part of a pilaster between the base and capital, corresponding to the shaft of a column.
- (automotive) A storage compartment fitted behind the seat of a motorcycle.
- (transport) A main line in a river, canal, railroad, or highway system.
- The torso; especially, the human torso.
- (US, telecommunications) A major circuit between telephone switchboards or other switching equipment.
- (Canada, US, automotive) The luggage storage compartment of a sedan/saloon-style car.
- A large pipe forming the piston rod of a steam engine, of sufficient diameter to allow one end of the connecting rod to be attached to the crank, and the other end to pass within the pipe directly to the piston, thus making the engine more compact.
- A chute or conduit, or a watertight shaft connecting two or more decks.
- (in the plural) Ellipsis of swimming trunks.
- the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber
- compartment in an automobile that carries luggage or shopping or tools
- luggage consisting of a large strong case used when traveling or for storage
- a long flexible snout as of an elephant
- the body excluding the head and neck and limbs
verb
noun
- (programming) The submission of source code or other material to a source control repository.
- (informal, sports, chiefly US) A person, especially a high school athlete, who agrees verbally or signs a letter committing to attend a college or university.
- (computing, databases) The act of committing (e.g. a database transaction), making it a permanent change; such a change.
verb
- (transitive, computing, databases) To make a set of changes permanent.
- (transitive) To do (something bad); to perpetrate, as a crime, sin, or fault.
- (transitive) To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; used with to or formerly unto.
- (ambitransitive) To pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or endanger by some decisive act or preliminary step. (Traditionally used only reflexively but now also without oneself etc.)
- (transitive) To forcibly evaluate and treat in a medical facility, particularly for presumed mental illness.
- (transitive, programming) To integrate new revisions into the public or master version of a file in a version control system.
- (transitive) To imprison: to forcibly place in a jail.
- transfer to another place so something can be kept or preserved
- engage in or perform
- cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
- perform an act, usually with a negative connotation
- make a set of changes permanent
- make an investment
- give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
- confer a trust upon
noun
verb
- (transitive, ergative) To prepare and arrange (originally military unit or units, i.e., to array troops) for use.
- (transitive, intransitive) To unfold, open, or otherwise become ready for use.
- (computing) To install, test and implement a computer system or application.
- to distribute systematically or strategically
noun
- (computing) the controlled implementation of required changes to some system; includes version control and planned fallback
- a structured approach to transitioning individuals, teams and organizations from a current state to desired future state, aimed at employee empowerment for accepting change in the work environment.
noun
- (software engineering) A relationship between two or more elements of software in which changing one necessitates changing the others in order to maintain overall correctness; a metric for such a relationship.
- The state of being born into the same family, race, or group; a commonality of heritage or birthright.
noun
- (software engineering) A series of steps which reproduce a bug or other condition of interest.
- One who reproduces something.
- In a phonograph, a device containing a sounding diaphragm and the needle or stylus that traverses the moving record, for reproducing the sound.
- In a manograph, a device for reproducing the engine stroke on a reduced scale.
- an audio system that can reproduce and amplify signals to produce sound
noun
verb
- (writing) To rewrite existing text in order to improve its readability, reusability or structure without intentionally affecting its meaning. Similar to, but sometimes involving more extensive restructuring than, copy editing.
- (programming) To rewrite existing source code in order to improve its readability, reusability or structure without affecting its meaning or behaviour.
noun
- (software) A change which is neither forward nor backward compatible.
- (software) A day designated for changing to an incompatible system.
- (Hong Kong) A day on which a registered charity raises money, usually by selling small stickers.
- (British, Ireland) A day on which a registered charity raises money, usually by selling small lapel flags.
noun
- (computing) The main repository for a software project, from which different versions (forks) may be split off.
- The general population of a prison.
- (fishing) In longline fishing the central line to which the branch lines with baits are attached.
- (slang) A principal vein into which a drug can be injected.
- (rail transport) The principal route or line of a railway.
- (plumbing) The pipeline carrying wastewater to the public drains or a septic tank.
- (chess) Alternative form of main line.
- (aviation) An airline's main operating unit, as opposed to codeshares or regional subsidiaries.
verb
- (computing, transitive) To integrate (code, etc.) into the main repository for a software project, rather than separate forks.
- (slang) To inject (a drug) directly into a vein.
- (transitive) To include (a prisoner) in the general population of a prison.
- (by extension, informal, transitive) To consume voraciously.
- inject into the vein
adj
- (rail transport) Of or pertaining to a surface railway as distinct from an underground, elevated or light rail one.
- (chess) Of a sequence of opening moves: being part of a main line ("a standard sequence of opening moves considered to be best play").
- Normal, principal or standard.
- (rail transport) Of or pertaining to the principal route or line of a railway.
noun
- (computing) A source control feature that can show which user was responsible for a particular portion of the source code.
- Censure.
- Culpability for something negative or undesirable.
- Responsibility for something meriting censure.
- a reproach for some lapse or misdeed
- an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed
adj
verb
- (transitive, with "on") To assert the cause of some bad event.
- To censure (someone or something); to criticize.
- (transitive, usually followed by "for") To assert or consider that someone is the cause of something negative; to place blame; to attribute responsibility (for something negative or for doing something negative).
- put or pin the blame on
- attribute responsibility to
- harass with constant criticism
noun
- (computing) The transfer of control to another subsystem.
- (business) The passing of a completed project to another person or group.
- (aviation) The transfer of the radar identification of an aircraft from one controller to another when the aircraft enters the receiving controller's airspace and radio communications with the aircraft are transferred.
- (American football) A pass made in a backward direction.
- (rugby) The act of pushing an opponent away with an open hand.
verb
- (transitive, software engineering) To create a copy of a distributed version control repository.
- (ambitransitive, software engineering) To launch a separate software development effort based upon a modified copy of an existing software project, especially in free and open-source software.
- (transitive) To move with a fork (as hay or food).
- (chess) To simultaneously attack two opposing pieces with a single attacking piece.
- (mining, transitive) To bale a shaft dry.
- (intransitive) To shoot into blades, as corn does.
- (ambitransitive, computing) To spawn a new child process by duplicating the existing process.
- (transitive, British) To kick someone in the crotch.
- (transitive) Euphemistic form of fuck.
- (ambitransitive) To divide into two or more branches or copies.
- lift with a pitchfork
- shape like a fork
- divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
- place under attack with one's own pieces, of two enemy pieces
noun
- (software) The launch of one or more separate software development efforts based upon a modified copy of an existing project, especially in free and open-source software.
- Such a pronged tool having a long straight handle, generally for two-handed use, as used for digging, lifting, mucking, pitching, etc.
- (cycling, motorcycling, by abstraction from a pronged tool's shape) In a bicycle or motorcycle, the portion of the frameset holding the front wheel, allowing the rider to steer and balance, also called front fork.
- Any of several types of pronged tools for use on farms, in fields, or in the garden or lawn, such as a smaller hand fork for weeding or a larger one for turning over the soil.
- (mining) The bottom of a sump into which the water of a mine drains.
- (metonymic) Either of the (figurative) paths thus taken.
- (content management) Any of the pieces/versions of content thus created.
- (cryptocurrencies) A split in a blockchain resulting from protocol disagreements, or a branch of the blockchain resulting from such a split.
- (chess) The simultaneous attack of two adversary pieces with one single attacking piece (especially a knight).
- (figuratively, decision-making) A point in time where one has to make a decision between two life paths.
- (software) Any of the software projects resulting from the launch of such separate software development efforts based upon a copy of the original project.
- A tuning fork.
- (content management) The splitting of the coverage of a topic (within a corpus of content) into two or more pieces.
- (by abstraction, from the tool shape) A point where a waterway, such as a river or other stream, splits and flows into two (or more) different directions.
- (colloquial) A forklift.
- (British, vulgar) The crotch.
- Either of the blades of a forklift (or, in plural, the set of blades), on which the goods to be raised are loaded.
- (metonymic) Any of the pieces/versions (of software, content, or data sets) thus created.
- (computing, file systems) A set of data associated with an individual file in some file systems.
- (metonymic, analogous to any prong of a pronged tool) One of the parts into which anything is furcated or divided; a prong; a branch of a stream, a road, etc.; a barbed point, as of an arrow.
- A utensil with spikes used to put solid food into the mouth, or to hold food down while cutting, or for serving food.
- (physical) An intersection in a road or path where one road is split into two.
- (figurative) A decision point.
- The upper front brow of a saddle bow, connected in the tree by the two saddle bars to the cantle on the other end.
- an agricultural tool used for lifting or digging; has a handle and metal prongs
- the region of the angle formed by the junction of two branches
- the angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they join the human trunk
- a utensil with two or more prongs, used for serving or eating food
- the act of branching out or dividing into branches
noun
- (software engineering) A reusable piece of code (and, sometimes, other utilities) providing a standard environment within which an application can be implemented.
- (literally) The arrangement of support beams that represent a building's general shape and size.
- (figuratively) The larger branches of a tree that determine its shape.
- (figuratively) A basic conceptual structure.
- (grammar) An established and structured system of rules and principles used for analyzing and describing the structure of a language.
- (literally) A support structure comprising joined parts or conglomerated particles and intervening open spaces of similar or larger size.
- a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process
- the underlying structure
- a structure supporting or containing something
noun
- (computing) A source control repository hosted on a remote machine, rather than locally.
- (broadcasting) An element of broadcast programming originating away from the station's or show's control room.
- Ellipsis of remote control.
- a device that can be used to control a machine or apparatus from a distance
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verb
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- (computing) The process of merging different team branches into the main trunk of a versioning system.
- (sociology) A form of social integration where the dominant group integrates with the minority or marginalized, rather than the other way round, e.g. where able-bodied people take part in parasports.
noun
- (programming) A software mechanism that performs binding.
- (chemistry) A chemical or other substance that causes two other substances to form into one.
- (UK, slang) One who whines or complains.
- (molecular biology) A protein binder.
- A cover or holder for unbound papers, pages, etc.
- Something that is used to bind things together, often referring to the mechanism that accomplishes this for a book.
- (law) A down payment on a piece of real property that secures the payor the right to purchase the property from the payee upon an agreement of terms.
- (chiefly Minnesota) A rubber band.
- (agriculture) A machine used in harvesting which cuts the stalks of a crop and then ties them into a bundle or sheaf.
- (LGBTQ) Material or clothing used in binding or flattening the breasts.
- Someone who binds.
- A dossier.
- Someone who binds books; a bookbinder.
- (computing) A program or routine that attaches malware to an existing harmless file on the target system.
- something used to tie or bind
- a machine that cuts grain and binds it in sheaves
- holds loose papers or magazines
- something used to bind separate particles together or facilitate adhesion to a surface
noun
- (computing) A software product converted from one platform to another.
- (American football) An extra point (or two) scored by kicking a field goal or carrying the ball into the end zone after scoring a touchdown.
- (law) Under the common law, the tort of the taking of someone's personal property with intent to permanently deprive them of it, or damaging property to the extent that the owner is deprived of the utility of that property, thus making the tortfeasor liable for the entire value of the property.
- (logic) The act of interchanging the terms of a proposition, as by putting the subject in the place of the predicate, or vice versa.
- (mathematics) A change or reduction of the form or value of a proposition.
- (chemistry) A chemical reaction wherein a substrate is transformed into a product.
- (marketing) An online advertising performance metric representing a visitor performing whatever the intended result of an ad is defined to be.
- (rugby) A free kick, after scoring a try, worth two points.
- (linguistics) The process whereby a new word is created without changing the form, often by allowing the word to function as a new part of speech.
- Living space in a part of a building that was previously uninhabitable, or the process of constructing such living space.
- The act of converting something or someone.
- (slang, board games) Changing a miniature figure into another character, usually by mixing different parts, or molding the model's parts, or doing both.
- (psychiatry) a defense mechanism represses emotional conflicts which are then converted into physical symptoms that have no organic basis
- a change in the units or form of an expression:
- a successful free throw or try for point after a touchdown
- act of exchanging one type of money or security for another
- a change of religion
- the act of changing from one use or function or purpose to another
- interchange of subject and predicate of a proposition
- a spiritual enlightenment causing a person to lead a new life
- an event that results in a transformation
noun
- (software) The act of dividing complex code into libraries with common functionality to help make the process of programming more manageable and reusable.
- (by extension) The act or process of dividing a complex task or structure into smaller, often more manageable pieces.
- (psychology) A defense mechanism in which thoughts and feelings that seem to conflict are kept separated or isolated from each other in the mind.
- Division into compartments or parts.
- (military) The dissemination of information and knowledge between different people or organisations on a need-to-know basis, so as to reduce the risk of espionage should one person or organisation be compromised externally.
- a mild state of dissociation
- the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type
verb
- (software engineering) In source control, to commit selected changes from one branch to another.
- (US, idiomatic, sports) To position oneself near the opponent's goal to attempt to receive an errant or intentional pass for an easy score, as in basketball or versions of soccer where offsides are not enforced.
- (US, idiomatic, broadcasting) To broadcast selected programming from another network.
- (rhetoric, logic, by extension) To select only evidence which supports an argument, and reject or ignore contradictory evidence.
- (idiomatic) To pick out the best or most desirable items from a list or group, especially to obtain some advantage or to present something in the best possible light.
verb
- (computing, source control) To integrate changes by appending them to another commit or branch, rather than pulling or merging in changes from a branch.
- (dentistry) To replace the base of a denture.
- (computing, transitive) To change the base address of.
- (computing) To modify core data from which other data is derived in such a way that the final meaning is unchanged.
verb
- (transitive, software engineering) To create a copy of a distributed version control repository.
- (ambitransitive, software engineering) To launch a separate software development effort based upon a modified copy of an existing software project, especially in free and open-source software.
- (transitive) To move with a fork (as hay or food).
- (chess) To simultaneously attack two opposing pieces with a single attacking piece.
- (mining, transitive) To bale a shaft dry.
- (intransitive) To shoot into blades, as corn does.
- (ambitransitive, computing) To spawn a new child process by duplicating the existing process.
- (transitive, British) To kick someone in the crotch.
- (transitive) Euphemistic form of fuck.
- (ambitransitive) To divide into two or more branches or copies.
- lift with a pitchfork
- shape like a fork
- divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
- place under attack with one's own pieces, of two enemy pieces
noun
- (software) The launch of one or more separate software development efforts based upon a modified copy of an existing project, especially in free and open-source software.
- Such a pronged tool having a long straight handle, generally for two-handed use, as used for digging, lifting, mucking, pitching, etc.
- (cycling, motorcycling, by abstraction from a pronged tool's shape) In a bicycle or motorcycle, the portion of the frameset holding the front wheel, allowing the rider to steer and balance, also called front fork.
- Any of several types of pronged tools for use on farms, in fields, or in the garden or lawn, such as a smaller hand fork for weeding or a larger one for turning over the soil.
- (mining) The bottom of a sump into which the water of a mine drains.
- (metonymic) Either of the (figurative) paths thus taken.
- (content management) Any of the pieces/versions of content thus created.
- (cryptocurrencies) A split in a blockchain resulting from protocol disagreements, or a branch of the blockchain resulting from such a split.
- (chess) The simultaneous attack of two adversary pieces with one single attacking piece (especially a knight).
- (figuratively, decision-making) A point in time where one has to make a decision between two life paths.
- (software) Any of the software projects resulting from the launch of such separate software development efforts based upon a copy of the original project.
- A tuning fork.
- (content management) The splitting of the coverage of a topic (within a corpus of content) into two or more pieces.
- (by abstraction, from the tool shape) A point where a waterway, such as a river or other stream, splits and flows into two (or more) different directions.
- (colloquial) A forklift.
- (British, vulgar) The crotch.
- Either of the blades of a forklift (or, in plural, the set of blades), on which the goods to be raised are loaded.
- (metonymic) Any of the pieces/versions (of software, content, or data sets) thus created.
- (computing, file systems) A set of data associated with an individual file in some file systems.
- (metonymic, analogous to any prong of a pronged tool) One of the parts into which anything is furcated or divided; a prong; a branch of a stream, a road, etc.; a barbed point, as of an arrow.
- A utensil with spikes used to put solid food into the mouth, or to hold food down while cutting, or for serving food.
- (physical) An intersection in a road or path where one road is split into two.
- (figurative) A decision point.
- The upper front brow of a saddle bow, connected in the tree by the two saddle bars to the cantle on the other end.
- an agricultural tool used for lifting or digging; has a handle and metal prongs
- the region of the angle formed by the junction of two branches
- the angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they join the human trunk
- a utensil with two or more prongs, used for serving or eating food
- the act of branching out or dividing into branches
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noun
verb
noun
verb
- (transitive, programming) To obtain source code (or other material) from a source control repository so that one can modify it (and often later check in the modified version back).
- (intransitive) To leave in a hurry.
- (intransitive) To become uninterested in an activity and cease to participate in more than a perfunctory manner; to become uncooperative.
- (intransitive, euphemistic, by extension) To die.
- (transitive) To examine, inspect, look at closely, ogle; to investigate; to gather information so as to make a decision.
- (intransitive) To prove (after an investigation) to be the case, or to be in order.
- (intransitive) To record one's departure from a workplace, hotel, restaurant, etc.
- (intransitive) To become catatonic or otherwise nonresponsive.
- (darts) To visit the oche for the last time and clear one's remaining points to win the game.
- (transitive) To record the departure or withdrawal of someone or something (such as guests, employees, books, etc.).
- trace
- withdraw money by writing a check
- examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition
- be verified or confirmed; pass inspection
- try to learn someone's opinions and intentions
- announce one's departure from a hotel
- record, add up, and receive payment for items purchased
verb
- modify (software) for use on a different machine or platform
- land at or reach a port
- drink port
- turn or go to the port or left side, of a ship
- bring to port
- carry or hold with both hands diagonally across the body, especially of weapons
- carry, bear, convey, or bring
- put or turn on the left side, of a ship
- (transitive) To carry, bear, bring, or transport. See porter.
- (transitive, computing, video games) To adapt, modify, or recode to work on a different platform.
- (ergative, telephony) To carry or transfer (an existing telephone number) from one service provider to another.
- (transitive, military) To hold or carry (a weapon) with both hands so that it lies diagonally across the front of the body, with the barrel or similar part near the left shoulder and the right hand grasping the small of the stock; or, to throw (the weapon) into this position on command.
- (nautical, transitive, chiefly imperative) To turn or put to the left or larboard side of a ship; said of the helm.
- (US, government and law) To transfer a voucher or subsidy from one jurisdiction to another.
- (nautical) To dock at a port.
adj
noun
- the left side of a ship or aircraft to someone who is aboard and facing the bow or nose
- a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country
- an opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through
- (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)
- sweet dark-red dessert wine originally from Portugal
- (also networking) A number that delimits a connection for specific processes or parts of a network service.
- (nautical, aviation, uncountable) The left-hand side of a vessel, including aircraft, when one is facing the front. Used to unambiguously refer to directions relative to the vessel structure, rather than to a person or object on board.
- (military) The position of a weapon when ported; a rifle position executed by throwing the weapon diagonally across the front of the body, with the right hand grasping the small of the stock and the barrel sloping upward and crossing the point of the left shoulder.
- (informal) The portfolio of a model or artist.
- (Queensland) A suitcase or schoolbag.
- (bowls, curling) A narrow opening between other players' bowls or stones wide enough for a delivered bowl or stone to pass through.
- (rowing) A sweep rower that primarily rows with an oar on the port side.
- An opening with a valve seat such that a valve can control the flow of fluid through the opening.
- (now Scotland, historical) An entryway or gate.
- A place on the coast at which ships can shelter, or dock to load and unload cargo or passengers.
- (computing) A program that has been adapted, modified, or recoded so that it works on a different platform; the act of this adapting.
- A female connector of an electronic device, into which a cable's male connector can be inserted.
- (computing, BSD) A set of files used to build and install a binary executable file from the source code of an application.
- An opening where a connection (such as with a pipe) is made.
- Something used to carry a thing, especially a frame for wicks in candle-making.
- A type of very sweet fortified wine, mostly dark red, traditionally made in Portugal.
- A town or city containing such a place, a port city.
- (medicine) A small medical appliance installed beneath the skin, connected to a vein by a catheter, and used to inject drugs or to draw blood samples.
- An opening or doorway in the side of a ship, especially for boarding or loading; an embrasure through which a cannon may be discharged; a porthole.
- A logical or physical construct in and from which data are transferred. Computer port on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
adj
- (software) Of or relating to software where the source code is freely available and licensed in a manner that permits modification and redistribution.
- (espionage) Relying on publicly available information (open sources).
- (by extension) Describing any product whose composition or method of manufacturing is public knowledge and not proprietary.
- of or relating to or being computer software for which the source code is freely available
verb
verb
- (software) To integrate new revisions into the public or master version of a file in a version control system.
- (transitive, prison slang) To send somebody to solitary confinement; to make somebody be admitted to solitary confinement.
- To verify a person's information and record their arrival, such as at a hotel, airport, etc.
- To visit in order to see how someone is doing.
- To contact another person in order to keep the other person informed of one's situation.
- (intransitive, prison slang) To enter solitary confinement at one's own request for protection from other prisoners.
- To announce or record one's own arrival at a hotel, airport etc.
- (intransitive, Netherlands, non-native speakers' English) to tap on, to touch in, to tap in (to use a smartcard to start a public transport journey)
- (transitive) To return (a book to a library, source code to a repository, etc.).
- announce one's arrival, e.g. at hotels or airports
noun
- (computing) The main repository for a software project, from which different versions (forks) may be split off.
- The general population of a prison.
- (fishing) In longline fishing the central line to which the branch lines with baits are attached.
- (slang) A principal vein into which a drug can be injected.
- (rail transport) The principal route or line of a railway.
- (plumbing) The pipeline carrying wastewater to the public drains or a septic tank.
- (chess) Alternative form of main line.
- (aviation) An airline's main operating unit, as opposed to codeshares or regional subsidiaries.
verb
- (computing, transitive) To integrate (code, etc.) into the main repository for a software project, rather than separate forks.
- (slang) To inject (a drug) directly into a vein.
- (transitive) To include (a prisoner) in the general population of a prison.
- (by extension, informal, transitive) To consume voraciously.
- inject into the vein
adj
- (rail transport) Of or pertaining to a surface railway as distinct from an underground, elevated or light rail one.
- (chess) Of a sequence of opening moves: being part of a main line ("a standard sequence of opening moves considered to be best play").
- Normal, principal or standard.
- (rail transport) Of or pertaining to the principal route or line of a railway.
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noun
adj
- (software) Maintained, owned, or associated with the original developers of the given software; in contrast to a modified version downstream.
- (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.
- (computer networking) In the direction from the client to the server.
- (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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- Any test subject, especially an inadvertent or unwilling one. (From the mining practice of using canaries to detect dangerous gases.)
- (Australia, informal) A yellow sticker applied by the police to a vehicle to indicate it is unroadworthy.
- (informal) A female singer, soprano, a coloratura singer.
- (slang) An informer or snitch; a squealer.
- A small, usually yellow, finch (genus Serinus), a songbird native to the Canary Islands.
- Any of various small birds of different countries, most of which are largely yellow in colour.
- (public transport) A previously-issued ticket, retained by a ticket-seller, conductor or driver and resold to a subsequent passenger as a means of defrauding the transport company.
- (slang) A (usually yellow) capsule of the short-acting barbiturate pentobarbital/pentobarbitone (nembutal).
- (computing) A change that is tested by being rolled out first to a subset of machines or users before rolling out to all.
- (countable, uncountable) A light, sweet, white wine from the Canary Islands.
- (computing) A value placed in memory such that it will be the first data corrupted by a buffer overflow, allowing the program to identify and recover from it.
- A light, slightly greenish, yellow colour.
- A lively dance, possibly of Spanish origin (also called canaries).
- any of several small Old World finches
- someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police
- a female singer
- a moderate yellow with a greenish tinge
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- (software) Of or relating to software where the source code is freely available and licensed in a manner that permits modification and redistribution.
- (espionage) Relying on publicly available information (open sources).
- (by extension) Describing any product whose composition or method of manufacturing is public knowledge and not proprietary.
- of or relating to or being computer software for which the source code is freely available
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- (software engineering) Enforcing one particular approach instead of offering options and flexibility.
- (of a person) Holding to one's own opinion obstinately and unreasonably.
- (of a person) Having very strong opinions.
- (of statements or content) Infused with opinions rather than wholly objective.
- obstinate in your opinions
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- (programming, of a commit in a VCS) Containing a single change, as opposed to involving numerous unrelated changes.
- Unable to be split or made any smaller.
- Employing or relating to nuclear energy or processes.
- (computing, of an operation) Guaranteed to complete either fully or not at all while waiting in a pause, and running synchronously when called by multiple asynchronous threads.
- (order theory, of a partially ordered set with a least element 0) Such that for every element b>0 there exists an atom a such that b≥a>0.
- Infinitesimally small.
- (logic, of a proposition) Lacking logical operators; unable to be made simpler in logical form.
- (colloquial, by extension) Very strong and overpowering.
- (physics, chemistry) Of or relating to atoms; composed of atoms; monatomic.
- (weapons) deriving destructive energy from the release of atomic energy
- of or relating to or comprising atoms
- immeasurably small
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- (software engineering) Of or relating to a software metric that measures the complexity of a program based on the number of linearly independent paths through the source code.
- (network analysis) Used to describe the number of circuits in a network; equal to the number of edges, minus the number of nodes plus the number of graphs.
- (graph theory) Used to describe the number of edges that must be removed from a graph to ensure that no graph cycle remains; equal to the number of edges, minus the number of nodes plus one.
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- (software) Maintained, owned, or associated with the original developers of the given software; in contrast to a modified version downstream.
- (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.
- (computer networking) In the direction from the client to the server.
- (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