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 17 of 91: from “commutation” to “constant morphism”.
- commutation noun The reversal of an electric current.
- company noun A specific aircraft or its airline, usually used in air traffic communications to refer conveniently to another aircraft operated by the…
- comparator noun An application or program that compares prices, rates, tariffs of flights, smartphones, cars, etc.
- compare noun An instruction or command that compares two values or states.
- compartmentalization noun The act of dividing complex code into libraries with common functionality to help make the process of programming more manageable and…
- compatibility noun the capability of two or more items or components of equipment or material to exist or function in the same system or environment without…
- compilable adj That can be compiled.
- compilate noun An act of compiling code.
- compilation noun Translation of source code into object code by a compiler.
- compile noun An act of compiling code.
- compile time adj Operations performed by a compiler (the “compile-time operations”).
- compiler noun A computer program that transforms source code into object code.
- complement noun The color which, when mixed with the given color, gives black (for mixing pigments) or white (for mixing light).
- complementary nondeterministic polynomial noun The set, or property, of a problem with a yes/no answer in which the complementary yes/no problem calls for nondeterministic polynomial…
- complete adj That is in a given complexity class and is such that every other problem in the class can be reduced to it (usually in polynomial time or…
- completion noun Synonym of autocomplete.
- complexity function noun A function that counts the number of distinct factors (substrings of consecutive symbols) in a string of symbols;
- complexity theory noun The study and classification of decision problems by the computational resources—such as time and space—needed by the programs that solve…
- compliance noun A measure of the extension or displacement of a loaded structure; its flexibility.
- component-oriented adj Of or pertaining to a software development approach that focuses on building components that are loosely-coupled and reusable.
- composite pattern noun A structural (and partitioning) design pattern where a group of objects are to be treated in the same way as a single instance of an object.
- composite type noun A data type that can be constructed in a programming language out of that language's primitive types and other composite types; exemplified…
- compositor noun A system that puts images together in a buffer (such as individual windows on a desktop) to generate a final display image.
- compound balloon noun A variation of the hot-air balloon that is lifted by two separate balloons of different types, usually suspended one over the other.
- compound control noun A system of control in which a separate manipulation, as of a rudder, may be effected by either of two movements, in different directions…
- compound curve noun A three-dimensional shape into which a thin flat sheet of material, e.g. metal, can be formed by operations that must include stretching or…
- compound pattern noun A design pattern that combines at least two patterns into a solution that solves a recurring or general problem.
- comprehension noun A compact syntax for generating a collection in some programming languages, traditionally lists in functional programming languages.
- compress verb To make digital information smaller by encoding it using fewer bits.
- compressed sensing noun A signal processing technique for efficiently acquiring and reconstructing a signal, by finding solutions to underdetermined linear systems.
- compression noun The process by which data is compressed.
- compression ratio noun The ratio of the size of compressed data to the size of the original uncompressed data.
- compressor noun A device that reduces the dynamic range of an audio signal.
- computability theory noun The branch of the theory of computation that studies which problems are computationally solvable using different models.
- computable adj Of a problem, solvable by a Turing machine or any thereto Turing-equivalent model; Turing-computable.
- computable function noun A mathematical function that can be computed using an abstract computation machine such as Turing machine.
- computation tree logic noun A particular modal logic of branching time with operators "next", "globally", "finally" or "eventually", "until", and "weak until".
- computational complexity theory noun A theory focusing on classifying computational problems according to their resource usage, and relating these classes to each other.
- computational design noun The development of a computational theory of design.
- computational fluid dynamics noun The study of computational algorithms to solve mathematical problems in the field of fluid dynamics.
- computational geometry noun A field of study, within computer science, devoted to algorithms that solve problems formulated in geometric terms.
- computational humor noun A field within computational linguistics and artificial intelligence that leverages computers for research on humor.
- computational intelligence noun A field of study that covers traditional artificial intelligence together with neural networks and fuzzy systems etc.
- computational linguistics noun An interdisciplinary field dealing with the statistical and/or rule-based modeling of natural language from a computational perspective.…
- computational semantics noun The study of automating the creation and interpretation of meaning representations in natural language expressions.
- computational social choice noun A field of study examining collective decision-making processes (social choice) using computational methods.
- computer architecture noun The conceptual structure around which a given computer is designed.
- computer code noun source code
- computer graphics noun The representation and manipulation of pictorial data by a computer.
- computer language noun A language that is used internally by computers, including programming languages, machine languages, query languages, markup languages, etc.
- computer literacy noun The ability to operate a personal computer, including its associated hardware and software (but not necessarily to understand the…
- computer literate adj Able to operate a personal computer and its associated software and hardware, and to understand most of the underlying concepts (but not…
- computer model noun A computer program, or network of computers, that attempts to simulate an abstract model of a particular system.
- computer network noun A group of computers that use a set of common communication protocols over digital interconnections for the purpose of sharing resources…
- computer programming noun The process of designing, writing, testing, debugging, and maintaining the source code of computer programs.
- computer system noun A system for computing that includes the physical computing unit itself and its peripherals.
- computer virus noun A program which can covertly transmit itself between computers via networks (especially the Internet) or removable storage such as disks…
- computerize verb To convert a manual function or system into a computer system.
- concatenate verb To join (text strings) together.
- concatenation noun The operation of joining multiple character strings.
- concatenation tree noun A tree data structure whose internal nodes represent the concatenation of their child branches.
- concentrator noun A hub.
- concern noun Any set of information that affects the code of a computer program.
- concordance noun A listing, usually tokenized, where every word or phrase in a corpus can be found alongside its immediate context in each usage.
- concrete adj Analogous to the categories of algebraic objects which category theory was created to generalize, in the sense of having objects which can…
- concurrency noun A property of systems where several processes execute at the same time.
- concurrent adj Designed to run independently, rather than sequentially, using various mechanisms, such as threads, event loops or time-slicing.
- condenser noun A capacitor.
- conditional noun An instruction that branches depending on the truth of a condition at that point.
- conditional comment noun A comment in source code that can be interpreted as a directive by some systems, but is ignored by those others that are not aware of the…
- conditional entropy noun The portion of a random variable's own Shannon entropy which is independent from another, given, random variable.
- conducted interference noun Interference resulting from noise or unwanted signals entering a device by conductive coupling, i.e., by direct coupling.
- conduit noun Any pattern, typically composed of still lifes or oscillators, used to transfer an active region to another location without being…
- cone noun An object V together with an arrow going from V to each object of a diagram such that for any arrow A in the diagram, the pair of arrows…
- cone of confusion noun A region directly above a VOR navigation station where the aircraft's navigation receiver experiences signal ambiguity.
- config noun Configuration.
- configuration noun The way a computing environment (physical or software) is set up or customized to the needs of its users.
- configuration language noun A specialized language designed to define and manage the settings, parameters, and operational behavior of software applications, systems…
- configuration section noun The part of the environment division of a COBOL program that specifies the computer that the compiled code is to run on, and hence the…
- configurator noun A small software application intended to assist in the configuration of a particular part of the system.
- confirmshaming noun A dark pattern that encourages the user to make a choice by presenting the alternative as confirming a negative trait (e.g. "No thanks, I…
- confluence noun A property describing which terms can be rewritten with other, equivalent terms.
- confocal adj Having the same foci.
- conformal optics noun A method of designing optical systems in which the conformation of the lenses is chosen to optimize its interaction with the local…
- conical noun A cone-shaped bullet.
- conk off verb To stop functioning.
- connascence noun A relationship between two or more elements of software in which changing one necessitates changing the others in order to maintain overall…
- connect time noun The total amount of time spent by a user of a computer connected to a network.
- connect up verb To join to a network or supply.
- connection string noun A text string that specifies information about a database or other data source and the means of connecting to it.
- connectionless adj Without the use of a constant connection; sending and receiving data arbitrarily as needed, usually with less reliability than if a…
- connectivity noun The ability to make a connection between two or more points in a network.
- connector noun A device (or, more precisely, a mating pair of devices, often a plug and a socket) for connecting together two wires, cables, or hoses…
- cons noun A data structure in Lisp that is a pair of pointers, car and cdr, used mainly for lists.
- consensus noun An agreement on some data value that is needed during computation.
- consolidator noun a business which buys air travel tickets in bulk, then sells them at discounted prices.
- const noun A variable whose value cannot be changed directly.
- const correctness noun The proper declaration of objects as immutable in contexts where they are not expected to be modified.
- constant noun An identifier that is bound to an invariant value; a fixed value given a name to aid in readability of source code.
- constant morphism noun A morphism which yields the same morphism when post-composed with either one of a parallel pair of morphisms.