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 47 of 91: from “magic” to “maximin”.
- magic noun Complicated or esoteric code that is not expected to be generally understood.
- magic cookie noun A token or short packet of data passed between communicating programs, used to identify a particular event or transaction; the data is…
- magic number noun A number which is manually entered into source code, rather than defined somewhere as a named constant; especially one which is arbitrary…
- magic packet noun A specially crafted packet that will turn on a computer with wake-on-LAN support if it is received by the computer's network card in…
- magic string noun A text input that is never expected to be received in normal conditions and that activates otherwise hidden functionality.
- magic word noun A string of text having some special function or purpose.
- magnetic bearing noun A contactless mechanical bearing in which a rotating part, such as a shaft, is held in place by a magnetic field.
- magnetic equator noun A line drawn on a map or chart connecting all points at which the magnetic dip (or magnetic inclination) is zero for a specified epoch.
- magnetic moment noun The torque exerted on a magnet within a magnetic field; a vector, being the product of the strength of the magnet and the distance between…
- magnetic strip noun A strip of magnetic material on which data is stored for later retrieval and reading by an electronic device.
- magneto-optic effect noun The property changes (i.e. polarization, spectrum, phase, intensity) in an electromagnetic wave when it propagates through a medium that…
- magneto-optic Kerr effect noun A magneto-optic effect in which light is reflected from a magnetized surface and may change both polarization and reflected intensity.
- magnetohydrodynamics noun the study of the interaction of water with magnetic fields and its application
- magnetologic adj Describing a device that uses magnetism to perform the logical operations normally performed using electronics
- magnum noun A powerful firearm cartridge, often derived from a shorter, less powerful cartridge calibre that uses the same bullet.
- magpie noun In the sport of fullbore target rifle, the third circle on a target, between the inner and outer.
- mail bomb noun A large number of e-mails sent to one destination, or an e-mail with a very large attachment, as a denial-of-service attack.
- mail merge noun A software product that uses a file (or database) of names and addresses, together with a template document, to produce multiple copies of…
- mail slot noun A designated storage location for interprocess messages.
- mailbox noun A folder or account for the storage of email; an electronic inbox or mailstore.
- mailgram noun A telegraphic message transmitted electronically from the sender to a post office and then printed and delivered to the recipient via…
- main gauche noun A type of parrying dagger.
- main gear noun The primary landing gear of an aircraft, generally located slightly behind the aircraft's center of mass (or slightly ahead of it on a…
- main memory noun Volatile memory forming most of a computer’s primary storage, not including cache memory (central processing unit cache) and secondary…
- main menu noun A list of principal options, usually presented to the user immediately upon the launch of a computer program or video game.
- mainframe noun A large, powerful computer able to manage very many simultaneous tasks and communicate with very many connected terminals; used by large…
- mainline noun An airline's main operating unit, as opposed to codeshares or regional subsidiaries.
- maintenance noun Software updates that fix bugs and improve stability rather than adding new features.
- major appliance noun A nonportable or semiportable machine used for routine housekeeping tasks such as cooking, washing laundry, or food preservation.
- Makarov noun A Soviet service pistol, the PM
- make noun A software utility for automatically building large applications, or an implementation of this utility.
- make file noun A configuration file that describes the steps involved in building an application from its source code.
- make-before-break adj Of a switch or other electronic device, that creates a new electrical connection before an older one is broken.
- male-to-female adj That changes a male end (with pins, usually a plug) of a connection into a female one (usually a socket).
- malleability noun a property of a cryptographic algorithms in which an adversary can alter a ciphertext such that it decrypts to a related plaintext
- malleable adj in which an adversary can alter a ciphertext such that it decrypts to a related plaintext
- mallet noun A weapon resembling the tool, but typically much larger.
- malloc noun A subroutine in the C programming language's standard library for performing dynamic memory allocation.
- Maltese cross noun Synonym of Geneva wheel.
- malvertisement noun An advertisement, published on the Internet, that is infected with malicious code aiming to hijack the viewer's computer.
- man-in-the-middle attack noun A security attack in which someone intercepts the communication between a device and the server it is connected to, simulating the device…
- managed bean noun A regular Java Bean class that is registered with JSF, i.e. which is managed by the JSF framework, and contains the getter and setter…
- manager noun A window or application whose purpose is to give the user the control over some aspect of the system.
- Manchester coding noun A line code in which the encoding of each data bit has at least one transition and occupies the same time.
- mangle verb To modify (an identifier from source code) so as to produce a unique identifier for internal use by the compiler, etc.
- manifest noun A file containing metadata describing other files.
- manifest file noun A file containing metadata for a group of accompanying files that are part of a set or coherent unit.
- manifold noun A pipe fitting or similar device that connects multiple inputs and outputs.
- manifolded adj Arranged in a manifold.
- mantissa noun The significand; that part of a floating-point number or number in scientific notation that contains its significant digits.
- manual reversion noun The actuation via purely mechanical means (using cables and/or pushrods) of one or more control surfaces that are usually controlled by…
- map verb To assign a drive letter to a shared folder.
- maplet noun An applet written in the computer algebra system Maple.
- mapper noun A software or hardware component that performs a mapping.
- mapping noun Assigning a PC to a shared drive or printer port on a network.
- marching ants noun An animated dotted line indicating which portion of an image is currently selected.
- marching cubes noun An algorithm for extracting a polygonal mesh of an isosurface from a three-dimensional scalar field.
- marchitecture noun A non-technical depiction of the architecture of a system, service, product line, or organization that has been simplified or made more…
- margin of safety noun The ratio of the strength of a structure to the requirements placed on that structure.
- Margolus neighborhood noun A block cellular automaton neighborhood consisting of a two-by-two square of cells which shifts one cell diagonally each generation.
- mark and sweep noun A form of garbage collection in which every accessible object in memory is flagged, leaving unflagged only those that are no longer…
- marked-up adj Having had markup coding added.
- marker beacon noun A type of VHF radio beacon which radiates in a tight cone pattern extending vertically from the transmitter; now generally only used to…
- marker interface noun A special type of interface without any constants or methods defined, and that is used just to mark a class.
- marker interface pattern noun A software design pattern in computer science, used with languages that provide run-time type information about objects.
- markup noun The notation that is used to indicate the meaning of the elements in an electronic document, or to dictate how text should be displayed.
- markup language noun A computer language using markup that tells the computer some traits of the content that is described by the markup tags.
- marquee verb To select (an object or region) with the marquee selection tool.
- married sector noun Any of two or more flight sectors in an itinerary that can not be rebooked or changed separately from the other sectors, due to fare rules…
- Mars rover noun A vehicle, either crewed or uncrewed, designed to travel across the surface of Mars for scientific exploration.
- marshal verb To serialize an object into a marshalled state represented by a sequence of bytes that can later be converted back into an object with…
- marshaler noun A mechanism for marshalling data.
- marshalling noun The process of transforming the memory representation of an object to a data format suitable for storage or transmission, which is…
- martensite noun A solid solution of carbon in iron; the chief constituent of steel.
- Martian packet noun A network packet whose declared source or destination IP address lies within a reserved address range unavailable for use on the public…
- mashup noun A derivative work consisting of two or more pieces of (generally digital) media joined together, such as a video clip with a different…
- mask verb To set or unset (certain bits, or binary digits, within a value) by means of a bitmask.
- mask work noun A type of three-dimensional image or pattern on a layer of materials used to design or manufacture a semiconductor chip.
- mass distribution noun The spatial distribution of mass within a solid body.
- mass driver noun A proposed kind of electromagnetic catapult that could be used for space launches without the need for a rocket.
- mass finishing noun A group of manufacturing processes that allow large quantities of parts to be simultaneously finished.
- mass storage noun Any form of data storage (non-volatile memory) with high capacity relative to that of the faster volatile memory of computers (of its time).
- massively parallel adj having many individual or distributed processing units and thus able to carry out many simultaneous calculations.
- mast noun A tall, slim post or tower, usually tapering upward, used to support, for example, sails or observation platforms on a ship, the main rotor…
- mast bumping noun A dangerous condition where the mast of a helicopter contacts adjacent fixed structure while rotating, damaging the mast and potentially…
- master noun A device that is controlling other devices or is an authoritative source.
- match verb To be an example of a rule or regex.
- Match Demo noun a type of file that recreates a Video game Match using recorded information
- match moving noun A technique that allows the insertion of computer graphics into live-action footage with correct position, scale, orientation, and motion…
- match-merge verb To merge sets of objects while excluding duplicates.
- mate verb To move (a space shuttle orbiter) onto the back of an aircraft that can carry it.
- material noun An element of a design language associated with a certain style of rendering on the display.
- materialization noun The creation of a temporary table containing the results of a database query.
- materialize verb To perform materialization; to save the results of a database query as a temporary table or materialized view.
- matrix noun A two-dimensional array.
- matrixing noun An electronic procedure to generate a signal from multiple signal inputs, for example quadraphonic encoding into two channels.
- max Q noun Abbreviation of maximum dynamic pressure (the maximum pressure from aerodynamic forces experienced while traveling through the atmosphere).
- maxim noun The Maxim gun, a British machine gun of various calibres used by the British army from 1889 until World War I.
- maximax noun A strategy or algorithm that seeks to maximize the maximum possible result (that is, that prefers the alternative with the chance of the…
- maximin noun A rule to identify the worst outcome of each possible option to find one's best (maximum payoff) play.