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 34 of 91: from “general availability” to “grain”.
- general availability noun A release of software which is good enough to be made available outside the originating company, to the general public.
- general aviation noun The section of the aviation industry that excludes both military and commercial passenger transport; for example, sightseeing, pleasure…
- general contractor noun A contractor hired to manage a project and to hire subcontractors. (If a customer serves as their own general contractor then this means…
- generation noun A single iteration of a cellular automaton rule on a pattern.
- generation loss noun The loss of quality between successive copies, usually associated with magnetic audio and video media.
- generator noun A subordinate piece of code which, given some initial parameters, will generate multiple output values on request.
- generic adj Of a procedure, written so as to operate on any data type, the type required being passed as a parameter.
- generic programming noun A style of computer programming in which algorithms are written in terms of to-be-specified-later types that are then instantiated when…
- genericize verb To make more generic: to be usable in more contexts.
- generics noun The use of templates, etc., to create generic source code that can be used in many situations.
- generification noun The process of making generic; the conversion to use generics.
- genetic memory noun An artificial neural network combination of genetic algorithm and the mathematical model of sparse distributed memory.
- genetic programming noun A search heuristic that explores the space of computer programs and is based on biological evolution.
- Geneva mechanism noun A mechanism that translates a continuous rotation into an intermittent rotary motion, using an intermittent gear where the drive wheel has…
- genned in adj Having had certain characteristics generated or installed.
- genome assembly noun The process of taking a large number of short DNA sequences and putting them back together to create a representation of the original…
- geo-blocking noun The use of geolocation software to deny access to content to users from certain regions or countries.
- geoengineering noun The subfield of engineering concerned with designing and constructing tunnels, mines, and other human-designed geologic structures within…
- geofacet noun A technique for visualising data for a range of geographic regions, in which a series of identically-sized plots (for instance, bar charts)…
- geofence noun A virtual perimeter around a geographic area, typically enforced by monitoring the positions of trackable mobile devices inside or outside…
- geometric pen noun A configurable drawing tool for creating lines that has a width specified in logical units, as opposed to device units (pixels), and…
- geometry shader noun A type of shader that can process three-dimensional model geometry, for example by turning one primitive into another.
- georestriction noun The deliberate limitation of a (digital) product or service so that it is only available to users in certain geographic regions.
- geospatial adj Describing the combination of spatial software and geographic data.
- geostatic adj Relating to the pressure exerted by earth or similar substance.
- geothermy noun The process and practice of harvesting heat produced by the Earth to be used as an energy source.
- gesture noun A motion made with a pointing device, or on a touchscreen, that is recognised by the system as a command.
- get-there-itis noun The determination of a pilot to reach a destination even when conditions for flying are very dangerous.
- GGEV noun A routine in LAPACK for computing eigenvalues.
- ghost verb To gray out (a visual element) to indicate that it is unavailable.
- ghost bullet noun A bullet that is shot by an unseen assailant or one that cannot be seen or heard when it is shot.
- ghost call noun A telephone call for which, when the recipient of the call answers, there is no one on the other end.
- ghost character noun A kanji included erroneously in the JIS X 0208 character set (not traceable to the sources used to compile JIS X 0208).
- ghost flight noun An empty or near-empty flight run by an airline to fulfill contractual obligations.
- ghost image noun A copy of all the contents of a hard drive, used as a backup.
- ghost imaging noun The process of creating a ghost image of all the contents of a hard drive as a backup that may be stored and later retrieved if needed.
- ghosting noun The blurry appearance of a television picture resulting from interference caused by multipath reception.
- gi noun Initialism of global illumination.
- giant noun An Ethernet packet that exceeds the medium's maximum packet size of 1,518 bytes.
- GIF noun A bitmap image in a particular format with support for multiple images per file or animations, and up to 256 distinct colors per frame…
- gig noun Clipping of gigabyte (“one billion (1,000,000,000) bytes”).
- giga- prefix Multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 2³⁰ or 1,073,741,824.
- gigabit noun One billion (10⁹, or 1,000,000,000) bits or 1,000 megabits.
- gigabyte noun One billion (10⁹, or 1,000,000,000) bytes or 1,000 megabytes.
- gigaflop noun A unit of measure for the calculating speed of a computer equal to one billion (10⁹) floating point operations per second.
- gigaword noun A unit of storage or capacity equal to (or 2³⁰ = 1,073,741,824) words. It is given the "giga" prefix because of the relative proximity of…
- Gillham code noun A zero-padded 12-bit binary code, a modified Gray code, used to transmit uncorrected barometric altitude between an encoding altimeter or…
- gimbal verb To move a reaction engine about on a gimbal so as to obtain pitching and yawing correction moments.
- gimmick noun A gimmick capacitor.
- gimped adj Modified by means of the GIMP image editor.
- girthweld noun A circumferential weld that joins two cylindrical sections, such as pipes or pressure vessels, by welding around their perimeter. Girth…
- gist noun A sharable snippet of source code, especially on the version controlled pastebin-hosting site GitHub Gist.
- given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow proverb Given a large enough beta tester and codeveloper base, almost every problem will be characterized quickly and the fix will be obvious to…
- gland noun A stuffing box used to seal a rotating or reciprocating shaft against a fluid.
- Glan–Thompson prism noun A polarizing prism similar to the Glan–Foucault prism, except the air gap is replaced with a layer of cement.
- glare noun A call collision; the situation where an incoming call occurs at the same time as an outgoing call.
- glassmorphism noun A user interface style characterized by panels with a blurred translucency effect over background elements, mimicking frosted glass.
- glaze noun The vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing.
- glenzing noun A technique for simulating translucency by storing extra colour values in the palette that represent the combined colours of intersecting…
- glide path noun The path of an aircraft as it lands under low power; especially, such a path advised to a pilot by radar assistance from the ground.
- glide ratio noun The instantaneous ratio of horizontal speed to rate of fall for a glider.
- glider noun In the Game of Life, a particular configuration of five cells that recurs periodically at fixed offsets and appears to "walk" across the…
- glideslope noun The portion of an instrument landing system which provides vertical guidance to an aircraft during an approach to landing.
- glistening noun A fluid-filled microvacuole within a lens.
- glitch noun An unexpected behavior in an electrical signal, especially if the signal spontaneously returns to expected behavior after a period of time.
- glob noun A limited pattern matching technique using wildcards, less powerful than a regular expression; such a pattern.
- global noun A globally scoped identifier.
- global illumination noun The realistic lighting of a rendered scene by means of algorithms that take into account not only the direct illumination from light…
- global indicator noun A two-letter indicator used in fare construction to indicate the basic routing that the fare applies to.
- Glock switch noun A device which modifies the firing system of a Glock-pattern pistol by bypassing the semiautomatic catch, enabling fully automatic fire.
- glory noun An optical phenomenon, consisting of concentric rings and somewhat similar to a rainbow, caused by sunlight or moonlight interacting with…
- glyph noun A visual representation of a letter, character, or symbol, in a specific font and style.
- GM noun Metacentric height, a measure of a ship's static stability in roll.
- go around noun An abort of a final approach where the pilot circles the airport to make another attempt at landing.
- go ballistic verb for a usually rocket-powered, predominantly non-glide projectile or aerial vehicle, such as a ballistic missile, to travel to its target…
- go down verb To crash.
- go gold verb To be released to manufacturing in its final form, so that copies can be made and shipped.
- go to noun The branching construct GOTO.
- God object noun A poorly designed object that does more than one thing and thus violates the single responsibility principle of SOLID.
- god-king noun A tyrannical maintainer of a collaborative project.
- gold adj In a finished state, ready for manufacturing.
- gold-film noun A transparent, microscopic coating of gold or similar metals applied to aircraft windshields and canopies, functioning as a lightweight…
- golden record noun A single authoritative record on an individual customer etc. that draws from various other data sources.
- golf verb To write something in as few characters as possible (e.g. in code golf, regex golf)
- golfer noun One who takes part in code golf or regex golf.
- goodput noun Application-level throughput, i.e. the number of useful bits per unit of time forwarded by a network from source to destination, excluding…
- gopher noun A Go programmer.
- gorge noun The groove of a pulley.
- goshwow adj Of or pertaining to a sense of wonder; awe inspiring; amazement causing.
- gossip noun Communication done using a gossip protocol.
- gotcha noun A feature of a system or a program that works in the way it is documented but is counter-intuitive and almost invites mistake or…
- GOTO noun Any construct which produces an unstructured jump in the flow of execution.
- Gouraud shading noun A method of simulating the effects of light and colour across the surface of an object, based on estimates of the surface normal of each…
- GPT noun Initialism of GUID partition table.
- grab handle noun A visual cue indicating where a displayed object can be activated for resizing, etc. using the pointing device.
- grab some air verb To gain altitude.
- graceful adj Gradual and non-disruptive.
- graceful degradation noun The ability of a system to maintain at least some of its functionality when portions are not working, or when certain features are not…
- graduate verb To approve (a feature) for general release.
- grain noun The solid piece of fuel in an individual solid-fuel rocket engine.