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 5 of 91: from “astropreneur” to “autozeroing”.
- astropreneur noun An entrepreneur in the aerospace sector, especially one from NewSpace ("Space 2.0"). It can also be used for entrepreneurs with innovative…
- asymmetric adj Not involving a mutual exchange of keys between the sender and receiver.
- asymptotic throughput noun The value of the maximum throughput for a communication network when the incoming traffic approaches infinity, either due to the size of a…
- asynchronous adj Allowing the node, program or thread of interest to continue during processing.
- at noun Initialism of assistive technology.
- at sign noun The symbol @, used in e-mail addresses to separate the user name from the domain name.
- ATA noun Advanced Technology Attachment; a computer bus technology primarily designed for transfer of data to and from a hard disk. (Renamed PATA…
- atlas noun An image or texture containing a number of other images or textures, so as to reduce the cost of loading them separately.
- ATM noun Initialism of Adobe Type Manager.
- atom noun An individual number or symbol, as opposed to a list; a scalar value.
- atomic noun An atomic operation.
- atomic authorization noun (A digitally signed document containing) published rights with cryptographically verifiable integrity, secured independently of the…
- atomic operating system noun A type of system architecture where the core file system is read-only and system updates are applied as a single, indivisible…
- atomicity noun The state of a system (often a database system) in which either all stages complete or none complete.
- atrous adj Dilated (used when describing convolutions).
- attachment noun A file sent along with a message, usually an email.
- attack noun An attempt to exploit a vulnerability in a computer system.
- attack time noun The time between the instant that a signal at the input of a device or circuit exceeds the activation threshold of the device or circuit…
- attack vector noun A path or method used by a hacker to gain access to a target system, such as a computer or network server.
- attenuate verb To reduce the amplitude of an electrical, radio, or optical signal.
- attenuation noun A fabrication process in which a material is stretched out into a thin shape.
- attitude noun The orientation of a vehicle or other object relative to the horizon, direction of motion, other objects, etc.
- attitude check noun An assessment of an aircraft's orientation relative to the horizon (such as its pitch, roll and yaw).
- attribute noun An option or setting belonging to some object.
- attribute-oriented adj Of or pertaining to a technique that adds metadata, or attributes, to program code, which affect the system's semantics.
- attribute-oriented programming noun A development technique that embeds metadata (attributes or annotations) within source code to declare behavior or configuration, extending…
- audimeter noun Electronic device that, installed in a sample of households, automatically records the television channel and consumption of the family or…
- audio mining noun A technique that involves automatically analyzing and searching the content of an audio signal, often for speech recognition.
- audioboard noun A circuit board used for audio processing.
- augmented assignment noun An assignment by which an operator takes a variable as one of its arguments and then assigns the result back to this variable.
- austenite noun Synonym of gamma iron.
- authentication noun Proof of identity required by a user to log on to some network or access some resource.
- authorized term noun A term prescribed by a controlled vocabulary as the one preferable to its synonyms, such as frequency preferable to pitch.
- auto sear noun A device which allows for a closed-bolt self-loading firearm to reliably function in fully automatic fire by preventing the hammer or…
- auto-forwarding noun The capability of forwarding incoming messages from one user account to another user account or from one domain to another.
- auto-reply noun A feature in e-mail software that sends automatic replies, used for instance when the recipient of a message is on holiday.
- auto-shuffle noun A feature that automatically randomly reorders something, such as tracks in a playlist or the cards held in a game.
- auto-tagging noun The automated process of assigning metadata, taxonomy terms, or tracking parameters to digital content.
- auto-tiering noun The automatic movement of data between storage locations based on how often it has been accessed, in order to optimize performance.
- autoaway noun An instant messaging feature that automatically marks a user as being away if the user does not interact with the computer or device in a…
- autoblock noun (An) automatic blocking (inhibition of a feature etc.).
- autoboot verb To boot automatically.
- autobrake noun A system that automatically applies an aircraft's hydraulic wheel brakes upon touchdown during landing, or when the throttle is reduced to…
- autochanger noun An automatic tape loader, for switching automatically between several computer backup tapes.
- autoclave adj Synonym of autokey.
- autoclick noun A software feature that simulates the click of a mouse button.
- autoclicker noun A program that simulates the click of a mouse, typically used to automate commands in a graphical user interface.
- autocoded adj Written in an autocode
- autocomplete verb To complete automatically.
- autocompletion noun A software feature permitting form fields, etc., to be autocompleted.
- autocorrect noun A software feature that attempts to correct presumed errors as soon as they are generated.
- autocorrelation noun The cross-correlation of a signal with itself: the correlation between values of a signal in successive time periods.
- autocorrelator noun A device that modifies a signal with a delayed copy of itself in order to detect any periodic signal hidden in the noise
- autocycle noun A cycle in rock formation whose major forces are contained within the formation, as contrasted with coming from outside the formation via…
- autodecrement verb To decrement automatically.
- autodialer noun malicious software, embedded in a website, that routes dial-up Internet connections to a different telephone number charged at a premium…
- autodifferentiation noun The automatic differentiation of a function by a computer.
- autodiscovery noun Automatic discovery, as of newsfeeds for a website or changes to the configuration of machines on a network.
- autoextension noun The automatic growth of a data file when the allocated storage space is exhausted.
- autofill noun Any software feature that fills in (fields of a form, cells of a spreadsheet, etc.) automatically.
- autofire verb To fire automatically.
- autoflare noun A form of autopilot-controlled landing in which the pilot controls the roll and yaw axes manually while the autopilot controls the "flare"…
- autoflow verb To flow (text) automatically.
- autoflush noun Automatic flushing of a buffer.
- autofocus noun A feature of some cameras and other optical systems that allows a correct focus on the subject to be obtained automatically
- autoformat verb To format (a document, etc.) automatically.
- autogas noun Automotive gasoline suitable for use in piston-engined gasoline-powered aircraft.
- autoincrement verb To increment automatically.
- autoindexing noun The programmed retrieval of words from a document for use in building an index
- autojoin noun A type of join from a table to itself.
- autoland noun An instance of autolanding.
- autolanding noun A landing made automatically by a system on the aircraft, with the flight crew only supervising the process.
- autoload verb To load (data or storage media) automatically.
- autoloader noun A mechanical device that automatically loads storage media (such as tapes or disks) into the device that can read them.
- autoloading noun The capability of loading and linking portions of a program from mass storage automatically when needed.
- automagical adj Automatic, but with an apparent element of magic. Commonly referring to complex technical processes hidden from the view of users or…
- automanual adj Being or relating to a system of telephony that combines automatic and manual features, such that the caller initially communicates with an…
- automatic adj Automatically added to and removed from the stack during the course of function calls.
- automatic differentiation noun Exact differentiation of functions represented in program code by inspecting the code (as opposed to mere evaluation) and repeated…
- automount verb To mount (a file system) automatically.
- autonomics noun The use of self-correcting software systems that automatically detect and fix certain types of error without intervention by a software…
- autonomy noun The capacity of a system to make a decision about its actions without the involvement of another system or operator.
- autonumber noun An automatically generated number.
- autopilot noun A mechanical, electrical, or hydraulic system used to guide a vehicle without assistance from a human being.
- autoplay noun Any software feature that plays (a video, a compact disc, etc.) automatically.
- autopolarity noun Automatic interchanging of connections to a digital meter when polarity is wrong; a minus sign appears ahead of the value on the digital…
- autoresponder noun A computer program that automatically sends a certain message or messages in response to incoming e-mail.
- autorun noun Any feature that runs a program, etc. automatically.
- autosave noun A software facility that saves an open document (or progress in a game, etc.) periodically to avoid the risk of data loss.
- autoscaler noun A system that automatically increases or decreases the resources available to a process depending on need and availability.
- autoscroll verb To scroll automatically.
- autostart verb To start automatically.
- autosuggest noun Any feature that makes automatic suggestions to the user.
- autosuggestion noun An autosuggest feature.
- autothrottle noun An automatic throttle, allowing a pilot to control the power setting of an aircraft's engines by specifying a desired flight…
- autotype noun A function that completes the typing of a field using a prediction based upon the characters entered so far.
- autovector noun An interrupt vector representing a priority level, from which the processor determines the actual target address.
- autovivify verb In the Perl programming language, to create an array or hash automatically when a previously undefined value is dereferenced.
- autowrap verb To wrap (e.g. text) automatically.
- autozeroing noun A sampling technique that measures an offset from zero and later compensates by subtracting the difference.