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 52 of 91: from “muzzle” to “NF”.
- muzzle noun The mouth or the end for entrance or discharge of a gun, pistol etc., that the bullet emerges from.
- muzzle blast noun A flash of light, heat and smoke at the muzzle of a firearm, caused by escaping gases when a projectile is released.
- muzzle brake noun A device placed at the muzzle of a firearm to reduce the recoil energy by redirecting the escaping gases.
- N-facility noun In the Open Systems Interconnection-Reference Model (OSI-RM), the transfer of data from one layer (N) to the next higher layer (N+1).
- n-gram noun A contiguous sequence of n items (usually characters or words) from a given sequence of text or speech, used in analysis.
- N1 noun The rotational speed of the low-pressure spool of a multiple-spool gas turbine engine, often expressed as a percentage of a certain…
- N2 noun The rotational speed of the high-pressure spool of a two-spool gas turbine engine or the intermediate-pressure spool of a three-spool gas…
- N3 noun The rotational speed of the high-pressure spool of a three-spool gas turbine engine, often expressed as a percentage of a certain reference…
- nacelle noun The compartment that holds passengers on a dirigible, hot-air balloon, or other aerostat; a gondola.
- NAID noun network array of inexpensive disks
- naive adj Intuitive; designed to follow the way ordinary people approach a problem.
- nak noun A negative ACK; a response indicating that a message was not fully received, or that there was a problem with the message.
- name noun An identifier, generally a unique string of characters.
- named adj An argument that is passed to a subroutine according to its name in the invocation code, rather than on its position; compare with…
- named pipe noun An extension to the anonymous pipe concept on Unix and Unix-like systems, used for interprocess communication.
- namespace noun A conceptual space that groups classes, identifiers, etc. in order to avoid conflicts with items in unrelated code that carry the same…
- namevoter noun One who votes for an entry in a demoscene competition on the basis of its author or demogroup, rather than the actual merits of the work.
- namevoting noun Voting for an entry in a demoscene competition because of its author or demogroup rather than its actual merits.
- naming collision noun An error caused by two source code elements (such as variables or functions) having the same name as each other.
- nan noun Alternative form of NaN (not a number)
- nannybot noun A computer program used to censor objectionable speech.
- nano-COM noun The use of a very small subset of the Component Object Model, focused exclusively on the Application Binary Interface (ABI) aspects that…
- nanobot noun A very small autonomous robot, typically the size of a biological cell, designed to work alone or in very large numbers to achieve some…
- nanocarpet noun A carpet of carbon nanotubes used to enhance the flow of heat at a critical point where computer chips connect to heat sinks.
- nanocode noun The microcode used in a nanoprocessor
- nanofluidics noun The design and fabrication of nanostructures containing the controlled movement of fluids.
- nanoimprint noun An imprint formed by three-dimensional nanoscale patterning
- napoleon noun Clipping of Napoleon gun, a 12-pounder cannon first used by the Second French Empire.
- nappe noun Geological nappe whose underside is not in contact with the overflow structure and is at ambient atmospheric pressure.
- narrow verb To convert to a data type that cannot hold as many distinct values.
- narrow-cut adj Composed of moderately-heavy hydrocarbons with boiling points in the kerosene range, without a significant proportion of lighter…
- narrowbody noun An airliner capable of seating, at most, six or fewer passengers in a single row of economy seating, with one aisle.
- narrowing conversion noun A conversion from one data type to another where the new data type’s size is smaller than the old one’s, such that the conversion may…
- nasal demon noun Unexpected behavior of a compiled program as a result of source code that employs an undefined construct.
- Nash equilibrium noun The set of choices of players' strategies for which no player can benefit by changing his or her strategy assuming that the other players…
- nat noun Acronym of network address translation (“network address rewriting”).
- native adj Pertaining to the system or architecture in question.
- native bundle noun A self-contained package that includes all the necessary components required to build a native executable or shared library.
- native support noun a feature that already exists in the environment in which an application is run.
- natively adv Pertaining to the computer or architecture in question; without the use of emulation, etc.
- natural key noun A unique key formed from attributes that relate to the external world being modelled, rather than being an internally generated surrogate…
- natural numbers noun The set of non-negative integers, {0, 1, 2, 3, ...}.
- natural numbers object noun An object which has a distinguished global element (which may be called z, for “zero”) and a distinguished endomorphism (which may be…
- natural transformation noun A morphism between a pair of parallel functors such that if each object of the shared domain category subtends a correlated arrow — called…
- natural user interface noun A user interface for a computer that is effectively invisible, or becomes invisible to its users with successive learned interactions.
- nature abhors a vacuum phrase Generating and maintaining a near-vacuum is challenging (requiring technical rigor) because ambient pressure tends to push matter…
- navigate verb To move between web pages, menus, etc. by means of hyperlinks, mouse clicks, or any other mechanism.
- navigation bar noun A bar at the top of a graphical user interface containing links that allow users to move around the page and/or program
- navigation light noun one of two or more lights fitted to a ship or aircraft, which indicate position and direction taken, especially important at night.…
- navigation mesh noun A data structure used in artificial intelligence applications to aid agents in pathfinding through large spaces. It is a collection of…
- navigator noun A user interface that allows navigating through a structure of any kind.
- NC noun Initialism of Nick's Class, the complexity class of decision problems solvable in polylogarithmic time using a polynomial number of…
- near adj Within the currently selected segment in a segmented memory architecture.
- near field noun The region within about half a wavelength from an electrically small antenna. More specifically it is the region within the radiansphere.
- near space noun The region of the atmosphere between the Armstrong limit (above which atmospheric pressure is sufficiently low that water boils at the…
- nearline adj Having a level of availability somewhere between online and offline, typically using removable media.
- neck noun A reduction in size near the end of an object, formed by a groove around it.
- neededness noun Dependency; the state of one segment of code requiring another segment to complete.
- Needham-Schroeder protocol noun Either of two key transport protocols for use over insecure networks, one based on symmetric encryption (and forming the basis of Kerberos)…
- needle noun A text string that is searched for within another string. (see: needle in a haystack)
- negate verb To perform the NOT operation on.
- negative crystal noun A uniaxial crystal, such as one of calcite, in which the extraordinary wave travels faster than the ordinary wave
- negative indexing noun The use of a negative integer as an array offset to access from the end of the array. Array[-3] accesses the 3ʳᵈ element from the end of…
- negative logic noun The use of the higher(positive) voltage level to represent the Boolean value 0 and the lower voltage(negative) level to represent the…
- negentropy noun The difference between the entropy of a probability distribution and the maximum possible entropy of the same probability distribution.
- neighborhood noun The set of all cells near a given cell used to determine that cell's state in the next generation.
- neper noun A non-SI unit of the attenuation (or sometimes gain) of field and power quantities such as electronic signals; the natural logarithm of a…
- nerve noun A particular simplicial set constructed from a category.
- nervy adj Jittery; having unwanted signal characteristics.
- nest noun A structure consisting of nested structures, such as nested loops or nested subroutine calls.
- nesting noun The enclosure of one self-contained element of code inside another.
- net noun A conductor that interconnects two or more component terminals.
- net zero adj Of a building or system, generating as much energy through solar, wind, and other renewable resources as it uses from the electricity…
- netboot noun The booting of a system from a network.
- netcentric adj Pertaining to client/server architecture that is used throughout an enterprise's entire lines of business.
- netdead adj Synonym of link-dead (“in a frozen state due to sudden disconnection”).
- netname noun The part of a UNC (Uniform Naming Convention) path that identifies a particular resource on a given server.
- network noun A computer network: multiple computers and other devices connected together to share information.
- network neutrality noun A principle proposed for user-access networks participating in the Internet that advocates no restrictions by ISPs or government on the…
- network printer noun A printer that receives its print jobs through a print server, as opposed to processing print jobs directly.
- network socket noun A software structure within a network node of a computer network that serves as an endpoint for sending and receiving data across the…
- network topology noun The physical arrangement of a network; the way in which cables are arranged in order to connect computers in a network.
- neumorphism noun A faddish user interface style that is characterized by flat design and monochromaticity, combined with soft shadows, poor contrast (e.g.…
- neural adj Modelled on the arrangement of neurons in the brain.
- neural network noun Any network of neurons etc., that function together to achieve a common purpose.
- neurode noun An artificial neuron, a simple processing element of a neural network having several input signals and one output signal.
- neuromorphic adj That mimic and implement neuro-biological architectures present in the nervous system to be used in a practical computing system.
- neutral conductor noun A wire or cable that returns electrical current from the consumer to the power supply, usually color-coded with a blue or white casing.
- neutral section noun A dead section of overhead line for supplying power to trains between two live sections, used to separate two power supplies, different…
- new verb Synonym of new up.
- New World ROM noun The firmware, specifically the bootROM, that was introduced on Macintosh computers in 1998 with the first iMac.
- newless adj Not containing or using an operator new.
- newline noun The character or character sequence that indicates the end of a line of text and transition to the next line; or, a control code or escape…
- newsbar noun A horizontal or vertical strip on a screen that displays scrolling or static text, typically used to present news headlines, alerts, or…
- newsbot noun Any of various pieces of software designed to harvest articles from newsgroups, or from news websites.
- newsreader noun A program for reading and posting to newsgroups.
- Newtonian mechanics noun Early classical mechanics as propounded by Isaac Newton, especially that based on his laws of motion and theory of gravity.
- NEXPTIME noun In computational complexity theory, a complexity class in which the set of decision problems can be solved by a nondeterministic Turing…
- next generation networking noun The transmission of voice, data, video and any other form of information in packets over the same network.
- NF noun Prefix code for NASA research fighter plane designations.