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 43 of 91: from “keystrip” to “last in first out”.
- keystrip noun A physical overlay for a computer keyboard, indicating the functions of certain keys within a particular software package.
- keyway noun The recessed part of a keyed joint, in which the key resides.
- keyword noun Any word used as the key to a code.
- kibps symbol kibibits per second
- kick noun The act of restarting or resetting a watchdog timer.
- kick wheel noun A wheel or disc used to throw pots, turned by kicking or pushing a heavy stone or concrete base with the foot.
- kickback noun Recoil; a sudden backward motion, usually in the direction of the operator.
- kidnapped robot problem noun The situation where an autonomous robot is carried somewhere and as a result has trouble determining its own location.
- kill verb To disconnect (a user) involuntarily from the network.
- killbit noun A setting that disables a specific web browser plug-in, typically to prevent a security vulnerability from being exploited.
- killed adj Deoxidized.
- killer poke noun Any method of inducing physical harm to a computer or peripheral by software means, especially by inserting invalid values into a control…
- kilo- prefix Synonym of kibi- (“multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 2¹⁰ = 1024”).
- kilobit noun One thousand (10³, or 1,000) bits.
- kilobyte noun One thousand (10³, or 1,000) bytes.
- kindless adj Having no specific kind, unspecified, general.
- kinetics noun The branch of mechanics concerned with motion of objects, as well as the reason i.e. the forces acting on such bodies. This, along with…
- kingmaker noun A player who is unable to win but powerful enough to decide which of the other viable players will eventually win.
- kingpiece noun The last convex cake of congealed metal at the bottom of a furnace.
- Kirkendall effect noun The motion of the interface between two metals that occurs due to the difference in diffusion rates of the metal atoms.
- kiss noun A low-speed mid-air collision between the envelopes of two hot air balloons, generally causing no damage or injury.
- kit noun A full software distribution, as opposed to a patch or upgrade.
- kitchen table software noun A set of computer programs developed by an entrepreneurial advanced amateur or self-employed professional computer programmer in their own…
- kite verb To deflect sideways in the water.
- kk phrase Confirm (originally a GDS status code, now often used as shorthand).
- Kleene closure noun The set of all strings of finite length made up of elements of a given set. (Then the Kleene closure is said to be of that given set. For a…
- Kleene plus noun The plus symbol, +, used as an operator to concatenate one or more strings from a given set, widely used in regular expressions.
- Kleene star noun The asterisk, *, used as an operator to concatenate zero or more strings from a given set, widely used in regular expressions.
- kludge noun An improvised device, typically crudely constructed to test the validity of a principle before implementing a finished design.
- klunker noun An old, slow, or decrepit computer; a clunker.
- knapsack noun A set of values from which a subset is chosen.
- kneeboard noun A clipboard carried in the lap of an airplane pilot, on which basic flight data is recorded.
- kneejoint noun A toggle joint; so called because it consists of two pieces jointed to each other end to end, making an angle like the knee when bent.
- knife-edge noun A small piece of metal, usually steel, sharpened to an acute edge or angle, and resting on a smooth surface, serving as the fulcrum of a…
- knightship noun A spaceship, in a cellular automaton, which moves knightwise (i.e., moving two spaces along the x-axis for every space it moves along the…
- knobble verb To produce wrought iron by treating (semirefined puddled iron) on a hearth before shingling.
- knot noun A node (point at which the lines of a funicular machine meet from different angular directions)
- knowbot noun a bot that roams a distributive network (especially the Internet) to gather or distribute information
- knowledge mining noun An emerging discipline in artificial intelligence that uses a combination of intelligent services to quickly learn from large amounts of…
- known-plaintext attack noun An attack on a cryptosystem that relies on the attacker's knowledge of not just some ciphertexts encrypted with that system and key, but…
- knuckle joint noun A joint where the forked end of a connecting rod is joined by a bolt to another piece of the machinery.
- Knuthian adj Of or relating to the work, or theory developed from the work, of American computer scientist and mathematician Donald Knuth.
- Kolmogorov complexity noun The complexity of an information object—such as a book or an image—informally defined as the length of the shortest program that produces…
- KSH noun Korn shell
- kung fu noun A mastery of or expertise in computer programming, hacking, or cracking
- L1 noun The first-level cache of a processor, closer to the processor than the second-level cache.
- L2 noun The second-level cache of a processor, farther away from the processor than the first level cache.
- L3 noun The third-level cache of a processor, farther away from the processor than the second-level cache.
- label noun A user-defined alias for a numerical designation, the reverse of an enumeration.
- ladle noun A container used in a foundry or steel mill to transport and pour out molten metal.
- lag verb To respond slowly.
- lag time noun The time delay (latency) between the action of the user and the reaction of the server supporting the task, which requires resending to the…
- laggy adj Tending to lag, or respond slowly because of network latency.
- lagometer noun A device that measures any other sort of lag.
- Lagrangian adj Relating to Lagrangian mechanics.
- lakehouse noun Ellipsis of data lakehouse.
- lambda noun Ellipsis of lambda expression.
- lambda abstraction noun A lambda term of the form (λx.t) where x is a variable and t another lambda term. Any free instance of x within t (considered by itself)…
- lambda calculus noun Any of a family of functionally complete algebraic systems in which lambda expressions are evaluated according to a fixed set of rules to…
- lambda function noun An anonymous function; a function that is defined in an inline, ad-hoc manner, and often doesn't have a name (not bound to an identifier).
- lambrequin noun A border pattern with draped effect.
- lame duck noun A server that continues to serve ongoing requests while refusing new ones, allowing for graceful shutdown.
- laminar adj In the form of thin flat electronic circuits, usually flexible
- Lamport timestamp noun A timestamp generated by a certain algorithm used to determine the order of events in a distributed system.
- LAN noun Acronym of local area network.
- LAN party noun A social event based around a LAN (local area network) where participants engage in computer activities such as multiplayer gaming.
- Lancastrian noun A modified version of the Lancaster bomber, used in civilian service in the immediate postwar years.
- lance noun A small iron rod which suspends the core of the mold in casting a shell.
- lancet noun An iron bar used for tapping a melting furnace.
- land noun A conducting area on a board or chip which can be used for connecting wires.
- Landauer limit noun A theoretical lower limit on the energy consumption of a computation, derived from Landauer's principle.
- landing gear noun The wheels, tyres, brakes, shock absorbers etc of an aircraft.
- landing page noun A web page at which a user first arrives when visiting a website, now especially one optimized for a marketing campaign or for lead…
- landing roll noun The distance from the point of touchdown to the point of deceleration where the aircraft can be brought to a complete stop or exit the…
- landing strip noun A runway for aircraft, especially one which is auxiliary or temporary.
- landscape noun a mode of printing where the horizontal sides are longer than the vertical sides
- lane noun Any of the parallel slots in which values can be stored in a SIMD architecture.
- language verb To communicate by language; to express in language.
- language lawyer noun An expert of a programming language who is extremely well-versed in its specification.
- language server noun A server, implemented in software, that provides language-related services to client applications such as source code editors, based on the…
- language-oriented adj Of or pertaining to a software development technique that involves creating a new programming language to solve problems, in which the…
- lantern noun A lantern pinion or trundle wheel.
- lap noun A component that overlaps or covers any portion of itself or of an adjacent component.
- LAPD noun Link Access Procedures, D channel; specified in ITU-T Q.920 and ITU-T Q.921. The second layer protocol on the ISDN protocol stack.
- lapheld adj Held on one's lap; being a laptop computer.
- laplet noun A type of tablet computer that includes a (removable) keyboard which may double as a screen cover.
- lapping noun The process of rubbing away the lands, or metal between the grooves of a rifled gun, to increase the bore.
- laptop noun A laptop computer.
- laptronica noun Musical output made with a laptop computer combined with electronic devices, portable enough for live performances.
- large scale integration noun An integration type for digital circuits that contain tens of thousands of transistors providing thousands of logic gates per chip.
- large-scale adj Of a map or image, drawn large so as to show detail.
- LART noun A luser attitude readjustment tool; something with which a clueless person is struck.
- Las Vegas algorithm noun A randomized algorithm that always gives a correct result rather than merely giving a probably correct result.
- lasagna code noun Computer program code characterized by several well-defined and separable layers forming a hierarchy of subsystems.
- laser verb To point a laser at an aircraft, potentially disorienting the pilot or pilots.
- laser card noun A software storage medium resembling a credit card and read by a laser.
- laser printer noun A computer printer that uses a laser beam to produce an image on a rotating drum before transferring it to the paper.
- lash noun Looseness between fitted parts, either intentional (as allowance) or unintentional (from error or wear).
- lasso noun An image-editing function allowing the user to capture an irregularly-shaped object by drawing an approximate outline.
- last in first out adj Of or pertaining to any situation where the last to arrive is the first to go, or a data structure where the most recently added item is…