This page gathers the 9,098 dictionary entries belonging to the domain “Engineering”, as labelled by Wiktionary. Each word leads to its full entry: definitions, etymology, pronunciation, examples. Page 1 of 91: from “$100 hamburger” to “ACRR”.
- $100 hamburger noun A general aviation flight that involves flying a short distance, eating a meal, and flying back.
- *69 verb To use the last-call return service
- -adic suffix Having a specified adicity.
- -dyne suffix Forms names of certain types of motors and electrical circuits.
- -lang suffix Combining with the names of programming languages, especially those which may be confused with common English words.
- -oid suffix Added typically to the name of an algebraic structure, to denote the horizontal categorification of that structure.
- -or suffix Appended to the names of members of classes of components, especially those that have an extensive property name of the same root suffixed…
- -vac suffix Used in the naming of computer systems and computer models, due to the use of vacuum tubes as the functional elements of computers of the…
- -ware suffix Used to form mass nouns denoting specific classes of computer software, based on use, function, or method of distribution.
- .ovl noun An overlay file. From the extension for an overlay file. A file used in memory limited systems to overwrite portions of program execution…
- 0 noun The off or low bit state.
- 1-976 adj Of telephone numbers dialed in North America, having an additional charge assessed to the caller, part of which is returned to the owner of…
- 10-foot user interface noun A graphical user interface designed for televisions and thus requiring much larger visual elements than those used on computers and…
- 2-3 tree noun A tree data structure whose every node with children (internal node) has either two children and one data element, or three children and…
- 2-3-4 tree noun A tree data structure whose every node with children (internal node) has either two, three or four child nodes: a 2-node has one data…
- 2.5D adj Halfway between two-dimensional and three-dimensional; typically limited to a two-dimensional plane with only limited access to the third…
- 22 noun The .22 Long Rifle calibre.
- 3-2-1 adj Following the mnemonic "3-2-1 rule" for data archiving and protection: three copies of a piece of data are created, using two different…
- 303 noun The .303 British rifle calibre.
- 40% keyboard noun A compact computer keyboard that improves ergonomics by omitting the numeric keypad, function keys, etc. and relying on additional modifier…
- 404 adj Not found, especially of a web page on the Internet.
- 4ktro noun An intro that can be stored in four kilobytes of memory (intended to challenge the programmer, who must write compact and efficient code to…
- 52100 noun A common ball bearing metal, also used for blademaking, knifemaking. A high-carbon low-alloy chromium steel; typically containing 1.0%…
- 5K noun A display device or item of content with approximately 5,000 pixels in the horizontal axis.
- 737 noun A Boeing airplane model, number seven thirty-seven, sold to airlines for passenger or cargo transportation.
- 8-bit adj Of a word size or an integer, represented using units of 8 bits (1 byte).
- 8514/A noun 8514/Adapter, a video interface card and 4:3 display standard for computers, made obsolete in 1990 by the XGA video standard.
- 8N1 noun shorthand for "eight data bits, no parity, one stop bit", the most common configuration for serial lines, e.g. EIA-232.
- a adj Atom; atomic.
- A&P noun An FAA aircraft maintenance qualification
- A* noun A best-first graph search algorithm for finding a lowest-cost path to a goal.
- A.C. noun alternating current
- A/B testing noun The use of a randomized experiment with two variants (termed A and B) which differ in a single particular.
- A2S noun Amazon Associates Web Service
- aa noun Initialism of absolute altitude.
- AA tree noun A form of balanced tree used for storing and retrieving ordered data efficiently, a variation of the red-black tree.
- AAR noun Aircraft accident report.
- ab noun Initialism of airbase.
- ABA problem noun In multithreaded computing, a case in which a program erroneously considers the equality of a variable at two times to mean it has never…
- abandonware noun A software product that is no longer updated or maintained, or whose copyright is no longer defended or which is no longer marketed even by…
- ABC noun A keyboard layout in which all keys are arranged in alphabetical order in English.
- abductive adj Being or relating to a logical process of abduction or inference.
- abend noun The abnormal termination of a program.
- aberration noun The convergence to different foci, by a lens or mirror, of rays of light emanating from one and the same point, or the deviation of such…
- abfarad noun A unit of capacitance equal to one billion (10⁹) farads, used in the centimeter-gram-second system of units
- ablative adj Sacrificial, wearing away or being destroyed in order to protect the underlying material, as in ablative paints used for antifouling, or…
- abliterate verb To uncensor a large language model by modifying specific model internals to remove refusal behaviours or unwanted traits, while aiming to…
- abliteration noun The process of uncensoring a large language model by modifying internal functions to eliminate refusal behaviors while preserving the…
- abort noun An early termination of a mission, action, or procedure in relation to missiles or spacecraft; the craft making such a mission.
- About box noun A window displaying information about an application, such as its version number and copyright or other licence.
- absolute address noun A numerical value that identifies a fixed location in real storage in terms of the number of bytes from the beginning, or in a peripheral…
- absolute altimeter noun A type of altimeter which measures vertical distance to the surface below, using radio, radar, sonic, laser, or capacitive technology.
- absolute ceiling noun The maximum altitude above sea level that an aircraft or missile can maintain horizontal flight under normal conditions.
- absolute loader noun A loader that places absolute code into main memory beginning with the initial address assigned by the assembler. No address manipulation…
- absolute path noun A path or address that identifies a file or web page which includes all the information necessary to find the file or web page with no…
- absorptance noun Absorbed radiation and incident radiation in a ratio format; a measurement that shows how well a surface absorbs radiation.
- absorption noun The retaining of electrical energy for a short time after it has been introduced to the dielectric.
- abstract verb To produce an abstraction, usually by refactoring existing code. Generally used with "out".
- abstract data type noun A data type defined only by data properties and operations to be performed on the data without any specification as to how the data will be…
- abstract factory pattern noun A creational design pattern that decouples the object creation by providing a group of individual factories by defining an abstract factory…
- abstraction noun Removal of water from a river, lake, or aquifer.
- abutment noun The solid portion of a structure that supports the lateral pressure of an arch or vault.
- abvolt noun A unit of electrical potential equal to one hundred millionth of a volt (10⁻⁸ volts), used in the centimeter-gram-second system of units.
- abwatt noun A unit of electrical power equal to one ten-millionth of a watt (10⁻⁷ watts), used in the centimeter-gram-second system of units.
- ac noun Alternative letter-case form of AC (“alternating current”).
- accelerator noun An accelerator key.
- accept noun Something that is accepted.
- acceptance noun Synonym of etendue.
- acceptor noun A kind of finite-state machine whose binary output indicates whether or not a received input was accepted.
- access verb To have access to (data).
- access control noun Permitting or denying the use of a particular resource.
- access control list noun A security scheme for file-level security (as opposed to traditional user, group levels, or the somewhat stricter role levels). Abbreviated…
- access method noun A method or means, usually a software or hardware component of a mainframe, to access data on an external storage device.
- access specifier noun A keyword applied to a variable, method, etc. that indicates which other parts of the program are permitted to access it.
- access time noun The time interval between the issuing of a request to read data from or write data to a storage device and the completion of this action.
- access token noun An object that describes the security context of a process or thread, such as the user's identity and privileges.
- accessibility noun Features that increase software usability for users with certain impairments.
- accession number noun A unique identifier given to a biological polymer sequence (DNA, protein) when it is submitted to a sequence database.
- accidental colour noun A colour depending on the hypersensibility of the retina of the eye for complementary colours. They are purely subjective sensations of…
- accordion noun A vertical list of items that can be individually expanded and collapsed to reveal their contents.
- accounting machine noun A business machine, generally a combined calculator and printer, that tabulates, adds, subtracts, and totals.
- accountless adj Not possessing an account.
- accumulator noun A system of elastic springs for relieving the strain upon a rope, as in deep-sea dredging.
- ace noun Initialism of arbitrary code execution.
- ace in a day noun An aviator (usually a fighter pilot) who destroys five or more enemy aircraft (the number required to become an ace) in a single day.
- achromat noun A lens that imparts little color; a lens that is achromatic.
- achromatic adj Free from color; transmitting light without color-related distortion.
- achromatic lens noun A lens generally composed of two separate lenses, one convex and one concave and generally of different materials, in such a way that the…
- achromatism noun The state or quality of being achromatic; achromaticity.
- ack noun An acknowledgement either of a packet or a message received from a network.
- acknowledgment noun A response (ACK) sent by a receiver to indicate successful receipt of a transmission (See Wikipedia article on transmission).
- ACL noun Initialism of access control list.
- acoustic adj Of an explosive mine or other weapon, able to be set off by sound waves.
- acoustic coupler noun A terminal device used to link data terminals and radio sets with the telephone network.
- acoustic emission noun A phenomenon wherein external stimuli such as mechanical loading generate physical vibrations.
- acquire verb To sample signals and convert them into digital values.
- acquisition noun The process of sampling signals that measure real world physical conditions and converting these signals into digital numeric values that…
- acquisition time noun The amount of time required for a GPS receiver to acquire a satellite signal in order to determine the initial position.
- acre-foot noun A unit of measure, used for volumes of water, equal to one acre times one foot (that is, to the amount of water required to cover one acre…
- ACRR noun adjacent-channel rejection ratio; the resulting measurement of comparing signal strength with a similar signal on another frequency if they…