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 10 of 91: from “bookmark” to “broking”.
- bookmark verb To create a bookmark.
- bool noun A Boolean variable (one whose value is either true or false).
- Boolean noun A variable that can hold a single true/false (1/0) value.
- Boolean algebra noun Specifically, an algebra in which all elements can take only one of two values (typically 0 and 1, or "true" and "false") and are subject…
- Boolean function noun Any function based on the operations AND, OR and NOT, and whose elements are from the domain of Boolean algebra
- boom noun Ellipsis of sonic boom.
- boom corridor noun A restricted portion of airspace for supersonic aircraft, intended to reduce the potential coverage of their boom paths.
- boom path noun The narrow region under a supersonic aircraft's flight path, where the sonic boom is liable to be heard as it flies overhead.
- boomless cruise noun A technique for supersonic flight where the sonic boom does not reach the Earth's surface, by taking advantage of atmospheric conditions to…
- boost noun A positive intake manifold pressure in cars with turbochargers or superchargers.
- booster noun The first stage of a multistage rocket, providing primary or supplemental thrust for liftoff and early flight.
- boot verb To disconnect forcibly; to eject from an online service, conversation, etc.
- boot block noun A dedicated block usually at the beginning (first block on first track) of a storage medium that holds special data used to start a system.…
- boot sector noun A dedicated sector, usually at the beginning (first sector on first track) of a storage medium, that holds special data used to start a…
- boot storm noun The situation where many users attempt to boot their computers at the same time, causing excessive demand on the network.
- boot time noun The amount of time required to load the kernel of an operating system, its device drivers, and the initialization of the hardware.
- bootable adj That can be booted; from which one can boot the system.
- booter noun A program or process that boots.
- bootflash noun A flash memory used at bootstrap time for a device, commonly containing a bootloader and simple configuration information.
- booting noun The act by which a computer is booted.
- bootload noun The work done by a boot loader; the startup of an operating system.
- bootstrap verb To load the operating system into the memory of a computer. Usually shortened to boot.
- bootstrapper noun A process that performs bootstrapping.
- border noun A string that is both a prefix and a suffix of another particular string.
- bore sight noun An optical device, mounted on or near the end of a firearm's barrel, used to align the sights with the bore.
- boresight verb To use a boresight to align a gun barrel with the gun's sights.
- boring noun Enlarging an existing hole with a single-point cutting tool or a boring head (usually with high precision and accuracy regarding the…
- borrow noun A borrow pit.
- borrowed neutral noun A wiring practice where the neutral conductor from one circuit is improperly shared or borrowed by another separate circuit, common in…
- boss noun A protrusion; frequently a cylinder of material that extends beyond a hole.
- bot noun A piece of software designed to perform a task (often a minor but repetitive one) automatically or on command, especially when operating…
- botherance noun Distracting chatter on a radio link shared by emergency services, relating to ongoing situations other than what one is dealing with.
- botless adj Without bots; without a bot participating or running. (a piece of software designed to perform a task (often a minor but repetitive one)…
- bottom verb To reach or strike against the bottom of something, so as to impede free action.
- bottom dead center noun A position in the cycle of a piston engine wherein the piston is at the bottommost point in its stroke. In a four-stroke cycle, BDC occurs…
- bottom out verb Of a suspension or similar device, to strike the lower mechanical stop and lose the ability to buffer further downward motion.
- bottoming noun The contouring of the wooden seat of a chair.
- botty adj Resembling a bot (automated software process); botlike.
- bounce verb To turn power to (a device) off and back on; to reset; to reboot.
- bounceless adj That does not require debouncing.
- bound variable noun A variable that is associated with a value, and therefore a variable that has an allocated storage location. If the programming language…
- bourrelet noun An accurately machined portion around the diameter of a shell of a gun, which acts to increase accuracy of projectile fit to the barrel.
- bow thruster noun A fixed or adjustable direction propeller unit mounted on the bow of an airship for increased maneuverability.
- box verb To furnish (for example, the axle of a wheel) with a box.
- boxlock noun A style of double-barrelled shotgun with concealed, self-cocking hammers that use a break-open action.
- Boyce-Codd normal form noun A stage in the normalization of a relational database in which a database is in third normal form and all determinants are candidate keys.
- bozosphere noun extremely high altitude ("crazy" high altitude)
- bps noun Initialism of bit per second, a measure of speed of digital communication.
- bracket noun Any intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part, the smaller part typically projecting sideways from the larger part.
- Bradshaw verb To navigate by following railway lines.
- brailler noun A typewriter used to emboss paper with braille cells to be read by the visually impaired instead of using a manual stylus.
- brain-damaged adj Poorly designed; obviously wrong.
- brake noun An apparatus for testing the power of a steam engine or other motor by weighing the amount of friction that the motor will overcome; a…
- brake fade noun Partial or total loss of braking force with prolonged continuous or repetitive application of a heavy vehicle's brakes, due to the effects…
- brake shoe noun An element of a drum brake into which the friction-producing brake lining is attached.
- brakepipe noun A continuous pipe or hose filled with high-pressure air and running the length of a train, used to recharge the train's brake reservoirs…
- branch verb To jump to a different location in a program, especially as the result of a conditional statement.
- branch predictor noun A digital circuit that tries to predict which way a branch structure will go, so as to improve the flow in the instruction pipeline.
- brancher noun That which branches, or jumps to another instruction location within a program.
- breadboard noun A device used to build a (usually temporary) prototype of an electronic circuit and for experimenting with circuit designs. Both solder and…
- breadbox noun A Commodore 64 computer.
- breadcrumb noun A single link in a chain indicating the hierarchical location of a directory, web page or similar, used as a navigation aid.
- break noun The separation between lines, paragraphs or pages of a written text.
- break down verb To stop functioning.
- break movie noun A crude form of text-based animation created in ATASCII, using special control characters to move the cursor and overwrite previous…
- break the Internet verb To overwhelm a web server through organic user-driven demand, such that the server goes offline or is in danger of doing so.
- break up verb Of a conversation, to cease to be understandable because of a bad connection; of a signal, to deteriorate.
- breaker noun Ellipsis of circuit breaker.
- breakeven load factor noun The load factor necessary for an airline to break even. It is a function of the percent of seats filled at a particular yield versus the…
- breaking change noun A change in one part of a software system that potentially causes other components to fail; occurs most often in shared libraries of code…
- breaking point noun The point at which the increasing strain in a material causes it to break.
- breakout adj Splitting a signal into several signals.
- breakpoint noun A point in a program at which operation may be interrupted during debugging so that the state of the program at that point can be…
- breast up verb To reinforce or stabilize; to shore up.
- breather noun An air inlet path to the crankcase
- breech noun The part of a cannon or other firearm behind the chamber.
- breechloading adj Describing a breechloader gun: one that has ammunition loaded from the rear of the barrel rather than where it will exit.
- breeder noun A pattern that exhibits quadratic growth by generating multiple copies of a secondary pattern, each of which then generates multiple copies…
- brewster noun A unit of stress optical coefficient which is equal to 10⁻¹² m²/N or 10⁻¹² Pa⁻¹. Symbol: B.
- brick verb To make (an electronic device) non-functional and usually beyond repair, as a result of software or configuration issues.
- brick-wall limiter noun A limiter circuit that completely cuts off signals above a specified threshold, rather than merely attenuating the peaks.
- bricked adj Not functional, broken, especially permanently.
- bricking noun The state of an electronic device being rendered completely unusable by a failed or corrupted firmware or software change.
- bridge verb To connect two or more computer buses, networks etc. with a bridge.
- bridge mount noun A sight mount with a strong metal frame between the rings, used on large-caliber rifles to negate the effects of recoil on accuracy.
- bridge pattern noun A structural design pattern that decouples an abstraction from its implementation so that the two can vary independently.
- bridgeline noun A kind of telephone line allowing numerous people to come together in a conference call.
- briefcase noun In Microsoft Windows, a folder that supports file synchronization between itself and another folder.
- bright adj Of a metal object or surface: lacking any protective coating or surface treatment for the prevention of corrosion.
- brightener noun Any substance added to an electrolytic bath to yield a brighter electroplated surface.
- bring up verb To check (a newly-assembled printed circuit board) for errors.
- bringup noun The process of checking newly-assembled printed circuit boards for defects and ensuring they run as expected.
- brittle adj Poorly error- or fault-tolerant; having little in the way of redundancy or defense in depth; susceptible to catastrophic failure in the…
- broadband noun A wideband of electromagnetic frequencies.
- broadcast storm noun Extreme amounts of broadcast traffic over a computer network, typically caused by a loop in the network topology.
- broadcaster noun A piece of equipment used to transmit data over a computer network.
- broken arrow noun A callout marker that consists of a dashed line with an arrowhead.
- broken bird noun An unflyable aircraft, particularly one that has been grounded or downed.
- broker noun An agent involved in the exchange of messages or transactions.
- broking noun The action of a broker agent; exchange of messages or transactions involving a software agent.