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 55 of 91: from “on the deck” to “overfogged”.
- on the deck prep_phrase Flying at a very low altitude.
- on-prem adj Installed and run on computers on the premises of the organisation that uses it, and not elsewhere (such as in a server farm or in the…
- on-the-fly encryption noun A type of encryption, or its software, which uses virtual drives to encrypt information that is then decrypted in RAM.
- one shot noun A monostable multivibrator.
- one-liner noun A command or small program consisting of a single line of input.
- one-time pad noun A form of encryption where each bit or character from the plaintext is encrypted by a modular addition with a bit or character from a…
- one-way adj Of a function: easy to compute for every input, but hard to invert given the image of a random input.
- ones' complement noun The number obtained by subtracting a given n-digit binary number from 2ⁿ-1 (which yields the same result as the logical complement).
- onion routing noun A technique for anonymous communication over a computer network, the messages being repeatedly encrypted and sent through nodes called…
- online verb To bring (a system, etc.) online; to promote to an active or running state.
- online service provider noun Any company, organization, or group that provides services over the Internet, including web hosting, Internet access, social media…
- ontology noun A structure of concepts or entities within a domain, organized by relationships; a system model.
- oop verb To use object-oriented programming for a task.
- opacity noun A measure of relative impenetrability to electromagnetic radiation such as light.
- opaque adj Describes a type for which higher-level callers have no knowledge of data values or their representations; all operations are carried out…
- open noun A defect in an electrical circuit preventing current from flowing.
- open differential noun A type of differential gear used in automobile construction, allowing for output shafts to have different angular velocity, while…
- open fan noun unducted fan, propfan
- open jaw noun A fare construction where the destination is not the same as the origin point for the return, or where the origin differs from the return…
- open rotor noun propfan, unducted fan
- open source adj Of or relating to software where the source code is freely available and licensed in a manner that permits modification and redistribution.
- open system noun A system allowing hardware and software from different manufacturers to be used together seamlessly.
- opener noun A person employed to separate sheets of hot metal that become stuck together.
- openness noun The degree of accessibility to view, use, and modify in a shared environment with legal rights generally held in common and preventing…
- operand noun A quantity to which an operator is applied (in 3-x, the operands of the subtraction operator are 3 and x).
- operating system noun Software that is designed for controlling the allocation and the use of various hardware resources to tasks and remote terminals.
- operating time noun The time interval between the instant a request for service is received from a user and the instant of final release of all facilities by…
- operation noun A procedure for generating a value from one or more other values (the operands).
- operator noun The administrator of a channel or network on IRC.
- opinionated adj Enforcing one particular approach instead of offering options and flexibility.
- oplock noun An opportunistic lock on a file system object, used for caching purposes rather than to avoid modifications by multiple users at once.
- optic adj Of, or relating to optics or optical instruments.
- optical character recognition noun The electronic identification and digital encoding of printed or handwritten characters by means of an optical scanner and specialized…
- optical disc noun A modern data storage medium consisting of a flat disc read mechanically by illumination with laser light, including the Laserdisc, compact…
- optical flat noun A disk of high-quality quartz glass having at least one side ground and polished with a deviation in flatness less than 50 nanometers all…
- optical mouse noun A mouse (pointing device) that uses a light source and a light detector (for example, an LED and an array of photodiodes) to detect…
- optimistic adj Allowing other processes to perform transactions on the same data at the same time, and checking for conflicts only when changes need to be…
- optimization noun The reduction of a program or algorithm to its most efficient form, as during compilation, by removing unused portions of code and…
- optimize out verb To omit (some portion of program logic) through optimization, when it is found to be unused or unnecessary.
- optimizer noun A program that uses linear programming to optimize a process.
- option verb To configure, by setting an option.
- optional noun In various programming languages, a kind of variable that is assigned a specific data type but may or may not hold an actual value.
- or conj A lexical symbol to implement inclusive or in a computer language.
- oracle noun A theoretical entity capable of answering some collection of questions.
- oracle machine noun In computability theory, a form of theoretical Turing machine, able to solve even undecidable decision problems in a single operation.
- orchestration noun The automated arrangement, coordination, and management of computer systems, middleware, and services.
- orchestrator noun A system that performs orchestration (automated configuration, deployment, etc.).
- order noun Scale: size or scope.
- order statistic tree noun A variant of the binary search tree (or more generally, a B-tree) that supports, in addition to insertion, lookup and deletion, the…
- ordinate dimension noun A dimension marking the distance between the indicated point and an implicit zero ordinate.
- organ gun noun A large, portable firearm normally supported by wheels, in which bullets may be fired from a row of several tubes in succession; it was…
- organizer noun A hand-held micro-computer that will perform specific tasks; can be used as an electronic diary, alarm clock, recorder of memos and notes…
- Orion drive noun A theoretical means to propel spacecraft through space, by detonating nuclear bombs behind the spaceship and riding the nuclear explosions…
- orling noun A tooth of a comb.
- orphan verb To make unavailable, as by removing the last remaining pointer or reference to.
- orphan off verb To remove all links to (something), leaving it an orphan; to render a technical item (website, function, etc.) useless by removing…
- orthogonal adj Of two or more aspects of a problem, able to be treated separately; of a design, exhibiting consistency and composability.
- orthographically adv Using an orthographic projection (a way of showing three-dimensional objects in two-dimensional engineering drawings).
- ortholinear adj Of a keyboard, having keys that are aligned in a perfect grid.
- orthotropic adj Having material properties that differ along three mutually orthogonal twofold axes of rotational symmetry.
- os noun Initialism of operating system.
- oscillator noun A pattern that returns to its original state, in the same orientation and position, after a finite number of generations.
- OSI layer noun Any of the seven layers of abstraction in the OSI model of communications systems: application, presentation, session, transport, network…
- Ouija board noun A tabletop model of the individual aircraft and their locations on a carrier.
- out of power prep_phrase Lacking electrical power.
- out-of-band adj Taking place outside of a defined telecommunications frequency band.
- out-of-band signaling noun A type of transmission technology in which signaling is separate from the data being transmitted, using one or more channels for…
- out-of-battery adj In firearms and artillery, having a condition in which a live round is at least partially in the firing chamber and capable of being fired…
- out-of-tree adj Located outside of a source tree.
- outbox noun An electronic folder serving the same purpose, for electronic mail.
- outcase noun A condition that allows code to break out of a recursive routine.
- outcode noun A code used in the Cohen-Sutherland algorithm, indicating how a line should be clipped relative to the viewport.
- outcrack verb To surpass in cracking (security systems etc.).
- outer noun The fourth circle on a target, outside the inner and magpie.
- outer marker noun A type of marker beacon placed to indicate the final approach fix of an ILS or IGS approach, triggering a continuous sequence of visual and…
- outer totalistic adj Having the state of each cell represented by a number, and the value of a cell dependent only on its current value along with the sum of…
- outline verb To optimize for size by replacing repeated code fragments with function calls.
- outliner noun A software system for organizing text into a hierarchy.
- outprint noun A print-out.
- output noun Data sent out of the computer, as to output device such as a monitor or printer, or data sent from one program on the computer to another.
- output device noun Any device that formats and presents data for display to a user; examples include printers and video monitors
- outscatter noun Synonym of backscatter.
- outscriber noun A magnetic recording device that serves as a buffer for data being transmitted from computer to printer, to reduce delays in printing.
- outside loop noun An aerobatic maneuver in which a vertical circle is entered from straight and erect level flight, canopy pointing out of the loop.
- over the fence prep_phrase Entering, or having entered, the airfield in preparation for landing.
- overbore adj Such that the capacity of the burning cartridge powder is greater than the volume within the barrel.
- overbound noun A Gaussian model of the (non-Gaussian) error distribution on a signal, which is conservative enough that the resulting confidence interval…
- overbreak noun Rock or earth excavated beyond the planned extent; caving in of material near the edge of an excavation.
- overbuilder noun A company that uses or builds on an existing telecommunications operator’s network (which includes telco and cable networks). These are…
- overburn verb To record more than the usual available data capacity onto (an optical disc).
- overclock verb To run a processor (CPU), or any electronic logic device, at a speed higher than is recommended by the manufacturer.
- overcommit noun Allocation of more resources than are actually available.
- overcurrent protective device noun A device, usually a fuse, polyfuse, or circuit breaker, intended to detect and stop an overcurrent condition.
- overdraw noun The process by which, during the rendering of a three-dimensional scene, a pixel is replaced by one that is closer to the viewpoint, as…
- overdrive noun A gear ratio higher than 1:1: one in which a single revolution of the driving element corresponds to more than one revolution of the driven…
- overfilter noun A morphological filter (idempotent operator) whose image is a superset of the domain.
- overfire verb To fire at a high (or excessively high) temperature.
- overfired adj Fired at a high (or excessively high) temperature.
- overflow noun The situation where a value exceeds the available numeric range.
- overfogged adj Having a focal point that is in front of the retina or observer; myopic.