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 11 of 91: from “bronzing” to “byte order mark”.
- bronzing noun The process of coating items with bronze.
- brouter noun A network device that acts as both a bridge and a router by routing packets for known protocols and forwarding all others, as a bridge…
- brownfield adj Being a development that has to integrate with legacy systems.
- brownout noun A period of low alternating current line voltage, causing a reduction in illumination.
- browse verb To navigate through hyperlinked documents on a computer, usually with a browser.
- browser noun Any other type of information browser.
- brush noun An on-screen tool for "painting" a particular colour or texture.
- brushwheel noun One of a set of wheels that move each other without cogs or teeth, having the rubbing surfaces covered with stiff hairs, cloth, or leather…
- brute de forge noun A forging technique to shape metal to its final form by working it through forging only, and leaving that as the finished surface, with…
- brute force noun A method of computation wherein the computer is let to try all permutations of a problem until one is found that provides a solution, in…
- Brzozowski derivative noun The set of all strings obtainable from a given set of strings by cutting off a prefix. For example, for the set { cat, cow, dog }, the…
- BSOD verb To fail critically and display a blue screen of death.
- bubble noun Any of the small magnetized areas that make up bubble memory.
- bubble memory noun A type of non-volatile computer memory that uses a thin film of magnetic material to hold small magnetized areas, known as bubbles or…
- bubble sort noun A sorting algorithm in which pairs of neighboring values are compared and swapped into the right order if necessary in the innermost loop.
- Büchi automaton noun A type of ω-automaton that extends a finite automaton to infinite inputs. It accepts an infinite input sequence if there exists a run of…
- buck verb To press a heavy, shaped bucking bar against the bucktail of a rivet, while the opposite end (the rivet factory head) is hammered by a…
- bucker noun A holder-up; one who bucks rivets, typically holding a heavy bucking bar against the bucktail of a rivet which is heated if necessary till…
- bucket verb To categorize (data) by splitting it into buckets, or groups of related items.
- bucket brigade noun A discrete-time analogue delay line that moves a signal along a line of capacitors, one step at each clock cycle.
- bucket list noun A data structure containing buckets used in a hashing algorithm.
- bucket rendering noun The rendering of a graphical scene in a number of portions ("buckets") that can be assigned to different processors to take advantage of…
- bucket sort noun A sorting algorithm that partitions an array into a number of buckets (groups of elements) which are then individually sorted, either…
- bucking bar noun A heavy bar held against the bucktail of a solid rivet, which has been heated if necessary to soften it, and passed through the items to be…
- bucky bit noun A bit (binary digit) in the binary representation of a text character that is set by means of a modifier key on the keyboard, allowing…
- buddy block noun A block of memory associated with another block and able to be merged with it, in the system of buddy memory allocation.
- buddy memory allocation noun A form of memory allocation that divides memory into partitions to try to satisfy a memory request as suitably as possible.
- buddy system noun The use of buddy memory allocation.
- buffer verb To store (data) in memory temporarily while it is awaiting processing.
- buffer underrun noun A state occurring when a buffer used to communicate between two devices or processes is fed with data at a lower speed than the data is…
- bufferbloat noun Excessive buffering of packets which may cause delays (latency) or jitter (latency variation) in packet-switched networks, particularly…
- buffet noun The vibration of an aircraft when flying in or approaching a stall, caused by separation of airflow from the aircraft's wings.
- buffeting noun random, irregular motion of the plane or of one of its parts caused by turbulences in the airflow
- bug noun A problem that needs fixing.
- bug out verb To crash or glitch.
- bugged adj Affected by a bug (computer error).
- buggy adj Containing programming errors.
- bugless adj Without bugs (errors).
- buglet noun A minor bug in a program.
- build noun Any of various versions of a software product as it is being developed for release to users.
- builder pattern noun A creational design pattern that intends to abstract steps of construction of objects so that different implementations of these steps can…
- built-in noun A function that is built into a system.
- built-in function noun Any function that is provided as part of a high-level language and can be executed by a simple reference with specification of arguments
- built-in type noun A data type provided by a programming language as a basic building block, such as integer, character or Boolean, but in some languages also…
- bulger noun A capacitor with a bulging top.
- bulkhead noun A similar partition in an aircraft or spacecraft, or some rail vehicles.
- bull noun The central portion of a target, inside the inner and magpie.
- bulletin board noun Ellipsis of bulletin board system.
- bulletin board system noun A type of computer system, now largely obsolete, used to exchange messages and data over a telecommunications network.
- bullpup noun A firearm configuration in which the trigger is located forward of the magazine and breech, as opposed to a conventional configuration in…
- bullseye noun The centre of a target, inside the inner and magpie.
- bump verb To increase (a version number).
- bump mapping noun A technique where a perturbation to the surface normal of the object being rendered is applied to each pixel, based on a texture map, prior…
- bump stock noun An attachment on a gun used to make it fire repeatedly by using the gun's recoil to pull the trigger, modifying it to function in a similar…
- bump-out noun A curb extension.
- buncher noun A circuit that causes electrons or other charged particles in a particle beam to group together.
- bundle verb To sell hardware and software as a single product.
- bundle adjustment noun A process used in the reconstruction of a three-dimensional model from a set of photographs, simultaneously refining the coordinates…
- bundler noun One who bundles software, etc. with another product.
- bundleware noun Software that is bundled with something else.
- bunny buster noun a firearm, or type of ammunition, intended for rabbit shooting.
- bunt noun The second half of an outside loop, from level flight to inverted flight.
- burden noun The proportion of ore and flux to fuel, in the charge of a blast furnace.
- burn noun The writing of data to a permanent storage medium like a compact disc or a ROM chip.
- burn in noun A process by which an image becomes permanently imprinted on an electronic display such as a monitor.
- burn time noun The amount of time in which which the propellant charge of a rocket engine is completely consumed.
- burndown noun In agile software development, a chart showing how much work remains to be completed.
- burner noun A device that records data or music to an optical disc, such as a CD-R or DVD-RW.
- burnout noun The shutoff of a rocket motor after exhausting its fuel or having been irreversibly throttled after the application of a planned delta-v.
- burr verb To grind using a burr (revolving disk or cone with abrasive surfaces).
- Burrows-Wheeler transform noun An algorithm used in data compression that rearranges a character string into runs of similar characters.
- burst mode noun A mode in which data is transmitted repeatedly without separate transactions.
- burstable adj Having the ability to exceed the normal maximum bandwidth for short periods.
- bus noun An electrical conductor or interface serving as a common connection for two or more circuits or components.
- bus bridge noun A device for connecting two disparate hardware buses.
- bus mastering noun A feature supported by many bus architectures that enables a device connected to the bus to initiate transactions.
- bus topology noun A (computer) network topology in which the nodes are all connected at different points to a line called a bus.
- busable adj capable of being used with a bus (electrical conductor or interface)
- bush flying noun The operation, or an instance, of aircraft, especially small fixed-wing bush planes or bush helicopters, in remote, undeveloped, or…
- bush helicopter noun A helicopter designed or used for operations in remote, undeveloped, or wilderness regions, often for transportation, medical evacuation…
- bushing noun A type of plain bearing, a cylindrical lining designed to reduce friction and wear inside a hole, often used as a casing for a shaft, pin…
- business object noun An entity, in a multitiered software application, that represents a particular entity within the business, such as a customer or an order.
- bustle noun A cover to protect and hide the back panel of a computer or other office machine.
- busy beaver noun A Turing machine that attains the maximum number of steps performed, or number of non-blank symbols finally on the tape, among all Turing…
- busy beaver function noun The mathematical function, denoted by Σ(n), that maps each positive integer n to the number of steps required for the busy beaver among…
- busy signal noun An audible signal to the calling party that indicates failure to complete the requested connection; an engaged tone.
- butt noun A joint where the ends of two objects come squarely together without scarfing or chamfering.
- butt spike noun A small blade or spike on the rear end of a spear, used as a counterbalance and as a backup if the spear broke.
- butter noun A smooth plane landing.
- butterfly keyboard noun A kind of computer keyboard consisting of two separate halves, intended to facilitate typing with two hands.
- buttery adj Ellipsis of buttery smooth.
- buttery smooth adj Having a high refresh rate so that the subjective experience does not include flickers or pauses as the video changes frames.
- buttinsky noun A robust portable one-piece telephone instrument with clips, used by technicians and lines staff for testing telephone circuits or making a…
- buttock line noun A curve indicating the shape of an airfoil or nautical equivalent in a vertical plane parallel to the longitudinal axis of the craft or…
- button noun An on-screen control that can be selected as an activator of an attached function.
- buzz verb To fly at high speed and at a very low altitude over (an area), as to make a surprise pass.
- buzzword compliance noun The practice of ensuring that a product supports a set of features considered important for marketing, regardless of whether they are…
- byte noun A short sequence of bits (binary digits) that can be operated on as a unit by a computer; the smallest usable machine word.
- byte order noun Order in which bytes are written or read, in memory or through a transmission; choices being big-endian or little-endian.
- byte order mark noun A character indicating the endianness of a string of text.