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 45 of 91: from “line card” to “log spam”.
- line card noun A modular electronic circuit designed to fit on a separate PCB and interface with a telecommunications access network.
- line conductor noun A wire or cable that transports electrical current from the power supply to the consumer, usually color-coded with a brown or black casing.
- line feed noun The character (0x0a in ASCII) which advances the paper by one line in a teletype or printer, or moves the cursor to the next line on a…
- line noise noun Spurious characters due to signal noise in a communications link.
- line of centers noun A line joining two centers, or fulcra, as of wheels or levers.
- line of fire noun A direction in which a weapon fires.
- line of sight noun The line which passes through the front and rear sight, at any elevation, when they are sighted at an object.
- line printer noun A high-speed impact printer, most often used by older mainframes, that prints an entire line in a single operation.
- line up verb To align; to put in alignment; to put in correct adjustment for smooth running.
- linear congruential generator noun An algorithm that yields a sequence of pseudo-randomized numbers calculated with a discontinuous piecewise linear equation.
- linear time noun The time complexity, denoted O(n), of an algorithm whose running time increases at most linearly with the size of the input.
- linemode noun A mode of interaction with a remote server where all incoming text characters are printed to the current line, without the possibility of…
- linestring noun A curve with linear interpolation between points, used in geographic information systems e.g. to represent streets and rivers.
- linguistic adj Relating to a computer language.
- link noun The connection between buses or systems.
- link editor noun A program that links modules together, by resolving calls or references to external names, to form a single executable program
- link farm noun A website containing many hyperlinks, especially one designed to increase the index ranking of other websites to search engines.
- link motion noun A valve gear consisting of two eccentrics with their rods, giving motion to a slide valve by an adjustable connecting bar (the link) in…
- link-dead adj Of a character in a multi-user dungeon: stuck in a frozen state, but still visible to other players, as a result of sudden disconnection by…
- link/cut tree noun A data structure that represents a forest (a set of rooted trees) and allows dynamic updates on the tree in logarithmic time.
- linkage noun The act or result of linking: the combination of multiple object files into one executable, library, or object file.
- linkage editor noun A utility program that combines load modules (typically of subroutines) etc. to produce an executable program
- linkage section noun The part of the data division of a COBOL program that describes the format of variables and constants passed to the program as parameters…
- linked adj Having links (between modules, records, etc).
- linked list noun A simple linear data structure, each of whose nodes includes a pointer to the next (and sometimes previous) node in the list, enabling…
- linker noun A computer program that takes one or more objects generated by compilers and assembles them into a single executable program.
- linkware noun Software components that can be used for free on the condition that the user links back to the creator's web site.
- lint verb To perform a static check on (source code) to detect stylistic or programmatic errors.
- linter noun A program or algorithm that performs linting.
- linting noun The process of using a software tool to analyse source code and identify possible programming problems.
- Linuxism noun Any feature specific to the Linux operating system (usually in comparison to other UNIX-like systems like BSD).
- liquate verb To separate by fusion, as a more fusible from a less fusible material.
- liquid state machine noun A kind of reservoir computer that uses a spiking neural network with nodes randomly connected to each other.
- Lisa noun Ellipsis of Apple Lisa.
- lisper noun A person who programs in Lisp.
- list noun A codified representation of a list used to store data or in processing; especially, in the Lisp programming language, a data structure…
- list box noun A GUI widget that allows the user to select one or more items from a list contained within a static, multiple line text box.
- list-based programming noun A coding paradigm where a programming language treats lists (or sequences of data) as its primary building blocks.
- listener noun A function that runs in response to an event; an event handler.
- listing noun A printout of a program or data set.
- listview noun A user interface control that can display a series of icons, possibly with accompanying text captions.
- literal noun A value, as opposed to an identifier, written into the source code of a computer program.
- literate programming noun A programming paradigm in which a program is given as an explanation of the program logic in a natural language (such as English)…
- lithium ion battery noun A type of rechargeable battery containing lithium compounds but not elemental lithium, used in many consumer electronics devices.
- lithocapture noun A form of lithobraking in which a spacecraft or other object on a hyperbolic trajectory inbound to a planet, moon, asteroid, or other…
- little-endian adj Storing the most significant byte of a multibyte number at a higher address than the least significant byte; that is, "little end" first.
- Littrow prism noun A retroreflecting dispersing prism arranged so that an incident light beam entering at Brewster's angle undergoes minimal deviation and…
- live adj Of an object or value: that may potentially be used in the future execution of a program.
- live CD noun A storage medium, often a compact disc, that contains a complete operating system that can be booted off the medium without having to…
- live conductor noun Any conductor carrying electrical current.
- live wire noun An electrical wire through which there is a flow of electrical current.
- livelock noun A state resembling deadlock in which various computational processes are constantly changing but never reach a point where any of them can…
- liveness noun A set of properties of a concurrent system that require the system to make progress despite the fact that its concurrently executing…
- living standard noun A technical specification that is continually developed, rather than being fixed at one point in time.
- load noun The force exerted on a structural component such as a beam, girder, cable etc.
- load bank noun A piece of electrical test equipment used to simulate an electrical load, to test an electric power source without connecting it to its…
- load bearing adj Able to support a load.
- load factor noun The acceleration experienced by an aircraft along a given axis at a particular instant in time.
- load module noun The executable form of a program that is produced by a linkage editor, taking as input the output of a compiler and/or assembler
- load shedding noun The process of minimizing usage of electrical power by powering down nonessential equipment following an electrical generation failure, or…
- load time noun The point at which a program is put into an executable state.
- load up verb To load (software) fully into memory.
- load-and-go noun The assembly and loading into memory of a program as a single operation, without generating and saving an intermediate object program.
- load-store architecture noun A type of computer architecture in which instructions either load/store values between memory and CPU registers, or perform calculations on…
- loader noun A program that prepares other programs for execution.
- loadmaster noun The member of an aircrew responsible for the loading and stowage of heavy cargo (so as to minimise the disruption of the aircraft's trim).
- loaf noun A particular still life configuration with seven living cells.
- loafer noun A particular orthogonal spaceship in Conway's Game of Life that moves at a speed of c/7, and the smallest such example.
- loam noun A mixture of sand, clay, and other materials, used in making moulds for large castings, often without a pattern.
- loc noun Initialism of lines of code.
- local adj Connected directly to a particular computer, processor, etc.; able to be accessed offline.
- local area network noun An interconnection of computers that are in relatively close proximity to each other, such as within a building.
- local loop noun The physical link or circuit that connects from the demarcation point of the customer premises to the edge of the common carrier or…
- local ring noun The non-routing segment of a token ring network.
- local-first adj Designed to store the user's data on the local computer, connecting to the cloud only when required for tasks such as backup or…
- locale noun The set of settings related to the language and region in which a computer program executes. Examples are language, currency and time…
- locale-aware adj The automatic detection of a user's language and country settings, thereby supplying the corresponding content at the same URLs.
- locality noun The condition of being local.
- localization noun The act, process, or result of making a product suitable for use in a particular country or region.
- localize verb To adapt (a product or service) for use in a particular country or region, typically by translating text into the language of that country…
- localizer noun A person who localizes (adapts a product for use in a particular country or region, or adapts translated text to fit a local culture).
- locator outer marker noun A ground-based radio navigation aid consisting of a pair of colocated radio beacons at the final approach fix of an ILS or IGS approach…
- lock noun A mutex or other token restricting access to a resource.
- lock convoy noun The undesirable situation where multiple threads of equal priority contend repeatedly for the same lock.
- lock out verb To prevent from accessing a data structure.
- lock time noun The time, usually measured in milliseconds, from when the trigger is pulled until the firing pin strikes the primer.
- lock up verb To cease responding.
- lock-free adj Not requiring the acquisition of a mutex (or other kind of) lock for synchronizing with other threads.
- locked adj Protected by a mutex or other token restricting access to a resource.
- locker noun An online storage service for files.
- locking noun The use of a lock or a mutex to restrict access to a part of the code to at most one process.
- locking shift noun A state-dependent encoding mechanism used in data communication (such as GSM SMS) and character encoding standards to switch between…
- lockoff noun The act of fixing a ground anchor in place at a specific tension calculated to accommodate the expected load. Also, the tension at which…
- lockout noun A situation where the system is not responding to input.
- lockup noun A condition in which one or more of a vehicle's wheels suddenly cease to rotate due to the application of excessive brake torque, causing…
- locoregional adj Restricted to a certain limited area of the body (of a human, animal, or plant).
- log noun Specifically, an append-only sequential record of events written to a file, display, or other data stream.
- log in verb To gain access to a computer system, usually by providing a previously registered username and password.
- log out verb To exit a user account in a computer system, so that one is not recognized until signing in again.
- log spam noun Excessive or irrelevant log entries, typically resulting from misconfiguration, that are unlikely to be read and serve only as clutter and…