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 56 of 91: from “overgross” to “parasite”.
- overgross verb To load (a plane) with too much weight, thereby impairing its ability to fly.
- overhead noun Data or steps of computation used only to facilitate the computations in the system and not directly related to the actual program code or…
- overindex verb To attempt to access an element beyond the bounds of (an array).
- overlay noun A block of program code that is loaded over something previously loaded, so as to replace the functionality.
- overlicensed adj Having purchased more licences than are legally required.
- overload noun An overloaded version of a function.
- overloaded adj of a name, used for more than one variable or procedure etc; differentiated by the compiler based on context
- overloop noun An outer loop; A loop that contains an inner loop.
- overmodulation noun The condition where the instantaneous level of the modulating signal exceeds the value necessary to produce 100% modulation of the carrier…
- overmold verb To mold (part of an object) over and around another part.
- overpaint verb To erase by drawing graphics over the top.
- overpenetrate verb To pass completely through a target and out the other side, potentially striking another person or object located further downrange.
- overpost verb To breach security by overwriting data that is not intended for user input.
- overpowder adj Serving to hold in the gunpowder.
- overpull noun The driver for a pump that has the eccentrics above or beside the gear wheel.
- overpulse noun An electric pulse that spikes above normal operating levels.
- overrun noun An area of terrain beyond the end of a runway that is kept flat and unobstructed to allow an aircraft that runs off the end of the runway…
- overscaling noun Adjustment of a parameter to exceed a normal limit
- overscroll noun A feature where content being scrolled goes beyond its end point and bounces back, giving the user visual feedback that the end has been…
- overshift verb To overshoot when changing gears.
- overspeed verb To operate an engine or machine too fast.
- overstore noun The overwriting of memory or data, especially when done in error.
- overstrike noun overtype (feature where input replaces existing characters instead of being inserted before them)
- oversubscribe verb To use the oversubscription technique in multithreading.
- oversubscription noun A multithreading technique involving an extra thread that runs tasks when all other threads are blocked.
- overtrip noun An instance of overtripping.
- overtype noun A feature in wordprocessing whereby each typed character replaces the character after the cursor rather than being inserted before it.
- overweather adj Flying high enough to avoid storms and turbulence.
- overwrite verb To destroy (older) data by recording new data over it.
- overwriter noun Software that writes over the contents or unused section of a data store to prevent recovery of sensitive information.
- own verb To illicitly obtain administrative access to a computer system, thereby having full access to all the files thereon (including executables).
- ownship noun One's own aircraft, as represented in a flight training simulation or traffic collision avoidance system.
- p noun Initialism of patrol (“a patrol aircraft, a patroller”).
- p-code noun A very low-level code that is machine-independent and enables a compiled file to be run on different processor types.
- P-complete adj Describing any problem in the complexity class P to which there exists a polynomial time mapping from any other problem in P.
- P-factor noun An aerodynamic phenomenon experienced by a moving propeller, whereby the propeller's center of thrust moves off-center when the aircraft is…
- pachinko allocation noun In machine learning and natural language processing, a suite of algorithms to determine the thematic structure of a collection of documents…
- Pachuca tank noun A high narrow tank with a central cylinder for the introduction of compressed air, used in the agitation and settling of pulp (pulverized…
- pack verb To compress (data).
- package noun A piece of software which has been prepared in such a way that it can be installed with a package manager.
- package format noun A type of archive containing computer programs and additional metadata required by a package manager.
- package manager noun A computer program responsible for installing, updating and configuring other software, maintaining an index of installed programs and…
- packager noun A program that groups objects or data into a single file.
- packed decimal noun A storage mode that places two decimal digits into one byte, each digit occupying four bits. The sign occupies four bits in the least…
- packer noun A software program that compresses code or data.
- packet noun A small fragment of data as transmitted on some types of network, notably Ethernet networks (Wikipedia).
- packet switching noun A means of directing digitally encoded information in a communication network from its source to its destination, in which messages may be…
- packet tracer noun A tool used to monitor, analyze and simulate network traffic by capturing data packets over a network.
- pad noun A random key (originally written on a disposable pad) of the same length as the plaintext.
- pad down verb To reduce a signal.
- paddable adj Capable of being padded; said of a set whose strings can be transformed into infinitely many further strings in the set.
- padding noun Extra characters such as spaces added to a record to fill it out to a fixed length.
- page noun A screenful of text and possibly other content; especially, the digital simulation of one side of a paper leaf.
- page down verb To scroll down to the next page of content.
- page fault noun An alert (such as an interrupt or exception) indicating that a page of memory was accessed without being loaded.
- page table noun A data structure used by a virtual memory implementation to store the mappings between physical and virtual addresses.
- page up verb To scroll up to the previous page of content.
- pageable adj Able to be divided into pages, or navigated as pages.
- pager noun A wireless telecommunications device that receives text or voice messages.
- paginate verb To separate (data) into batches, so that it can be retrieved with a number of smaller requests.
- pagination noun The separation of data into batches, so that it can be retrieved with a number of smaller requests.
- paging noun A transfer of pages between main memory and an auxiliary store, such as hard disk drive.
- paint noun Graphics drawn using an input device, not scanned or generated.
- paint bucket noun A tool in some graphics editor applications that fills in a portion of the image with a certain color or pattern.
- pair verb to link two electronic devices wirelessly together, especially through a protocol such as Bluetooth.
- pair programming noun A software development technique, part of extreme programming, in which two programmers work together at a single keyboard, one coding…
- palette noun A visual selection of colours, tools, commands, etc.
- palette swap verb To change the color palette used to render a palettized image.
- palette window noun A window often with miniaturized graphical user interface widgets housing a collection of related tools/commands for a particular task. The…
- palettize verb To encode (an image) efficiently by mapping its pixels to a palette containing only those colours that are actually present in the image.
- palimpsest noun Memory that has been erased and re-written.
- pallet noun A click or pawl for driving a ratchet wheel.
- pan noun The part of a matchlock, flintlock, or wheellock firearm that holds the priming.
- pan-pan noun A radio call indicating a minor emergency requiring some assistance, or priority in handling, but not endangering the safety of the vessel…
- pane noun A portion of a user interface that typically makes up part of a larger window and may be docked or snapped into position.
- panel noun A type of GUI widget, such as a control panel.
- panhandle noun The handle that activates an ejector seat.
- panic noun Ellipsis of kernel panic (“on Unix-derived operating systems: an action taken by the operating system when it cannot recover from a fatal…
- panic button noun Synonym of boss key.
- pantoscopic adj Designed to focus on both near and distant objects at the same time, typically by means of a tilt in the lens
- pap noun Initialism of password authentication protocol.
- papa noun Acronym of Parallax Aircraft Parking Aid.
- paper airplane noun An aircraft under development (so named because it remains only on paper to date; a tongue-in-cheek sense with acknowledgment of the…
- paper clay noun Clay mixed with shredded paper or other fibres, valued for its strength and light weight in the production of large ceramic works.
- paper cut noun a paper cut bug: a bug which causes harm and would be easy to fix.
- paper tape noun An early sequential digital storage medium originally used with teletype machines, consisting of a long roll of paper, each character being…
- paper ticket noun A conventional airline ticket, consisting of a coupon for each flight together with other administration coupons.
- parachute noun A device, generally constructed from fabric, that is designed to employ air resistance to control the fall of an object or person, causing…
- paragraph noun An offset of 16 bytes in Intel memory architectures.
- parallax motion noun The apparent motion of a tracking-locked foreground object against a background, when the camera is moving across the environment. (ie. A…
- parallel adj Involving the processing of multiple tasks at the same time.
- parallelism noun The use of parallel methods in hardware or software, so that several tasks can be performed at the same time.
- parallelize verb To make to execute in parallel.
- parallelogram of forces noun A parallelogram, two adjacent sides of which are vectors having the same initial point and representing two forces acting simultaneously…
- parameter noun An input variable of a function definition, that gets an actual value (argument) at execution time.
- parameterization noun The representation of physical characteristics or properties by parameters rather than as sui generis instances; usually and especially
- parameterize verb To rewrite (a database query, etc.) as a template into which parameters can be inserted.
- parametric adj Of, relating to, or defined using parameters. In mathematics, this typically means related to parametrization / parametric equation.
- parametric polymorphism noun A way to make a computer language more expressive, while maintaining full static type safety, by allowing a function or a data type to be…
- parasite noun A component of a composite aircraft which is carried aloft and air-launched by a larger carrier aircraft or mother ship to support the…