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 73 of 91: from “single-tasking” to “sneakernet”.
- single-tasking adj Of an operating system, etc., only capable of execution of one task (program or app) at a time, not many tasks simultaneously.
- single-user adj Of an operating system, etc., only capable of serving one user at a time, not many users simultaneously.
- singleton noun A class that may not be instantiated more than once, i.e. that implements the singleton design pattern.
- sink noun An object or callback that captures events.
- Sir Philip Sidney game noun A model for the evolution and maintenance of informative communication between relatives, developed to explain begging behaviour in chicks.
- sister noun A node in a data structure that shares its parent with another node.
- site noun A category together with a choice of Grothendieck topology.
- sixel noun A dot analogous to a pixel, forming part of a code based on sets of six such dots, used to transmit bitmap graphics to certain printers and…
- sizecode noun Program code written as a competitive exercise in achieving impressive results in the smallest possible space.
- skeleton noun A client-helper procedure that communicates with a stub.
- skeleton programming noun A top-down approach in computer programming based on simple high-level structures, resembling pseudocode, that are gradually fleshed out…
- sketch noun A formal specification of a mathematical structure or a data type described in terms of a graph and diagrams (and cones (and cocones)) on…
- skeuomorphism noun A user interface style characterized by ornate use of photorealistic textures, shadows, and often glossy highlights, mimicking a…
- skew noun A phenomenon in synchronous digital circuit systems (such as computers) in which the same sourced clock signal arrives at different…
- ski noun One of a pair of long flat runners under some flying machines, used for landing.
- skid verb To operate an aircraft in a banked sideslip with the nose yawed towards the low wing.
- skidder noun a vehicle for pulling trees out of a forest.
- skin verb To apply a skin to (a computer program).
- skip bombing noun A low-level bombing technique where an aircraft attacks shipping by skipping the bomb across the water like a thrown stone.
- skip list noun A probabilistic data structure that allows fast search within an ordered sequence of elements by maintaining a linked hierarchy of…
- skip-level adj Having the form of a hierarchy, but with some of the intermediate levels omitted.
- skiplagger noun A traveller who disembarks at a "hidden city" rather than continuing to one's ticketed destination; one who practices skiplagging.
- skiplagging noun The practice of disembarking at a "hidden city" rather than continuing to one's ticketed destination, in order to save money on the airfare.
- skirt finger noun An individual, replaceable, flexible tube or flap attached to the bottom edge of the main inflatable skirt of a hovercraft or air cushion…
- skiving noun A type of machining that skives metal, with various applications including gear cutting.
- skybox noun A cube with textures on its inner faces, used to simulate the sky or similar backdrop around a three-dimensional playfield.
- skydome noun A sphere or hemisphere with a texture on its inner face, used to simulate the sky or similar backdrop around a three-dimensional playfield.
- skyhook noun A proposed momentum-exchange tether for launching payloads into low Earth orbit by hooking them to the end of a cable that reaches down…
- skyline verb To filter by means of the skyline operator.
- skyline operator noun A proposed operator, for use in database queries, that filters out results that are worse than others according to multiple criteria.
- skype verb To make (a telephone call) using Skype software.
- skysphere noun A sphere with a texture on its inner face, used to simulate the sky or similar backdrop around a three-dimensional playfield; a skydome.
- slab noun The amount by which a cache can grow or shrink, used in memory allocation.
- slab line noun A central conductor surrounded by two planar ground slabs.
- slagger noun One who works with slag.
- slam verb To move a customer from one service provider to another without their consent.
- slam dunk approach noun A final approach whereupon the airplane intercepts the ILS glideslope from above, instead of as normally from below.
- slapdown noun The period after the initial impact of an object with a surface through the subsequent impact of the object on that surface, as an aircraft…
- slashdot verb To render a website slow or unusable via the unusually large number of page requests that result from a link on a very popular web site.
- slat noun A control surface that extends forwards and downwards from the leading edge of a wing, leaving a gap between it and the leading edge, in…
- slate noun Synonym of tablet computer (“a hand-held portable computer in the form of a tablet with a touch screen interface”).
- slave noun A device (such as a secondary flash or hard drive) that is subject to the control of another (a master).
- sleep verb To wait for a period of time without performing any action.
- sleep mode noun the state of a computer system in which the drives and interfaces are switched off, and the only task running is monitoring external…
- sleeper build noun A powerful computer with high specifications that appears ordinary or unimpressive from the outside.
- sleeping barber problem noun A problem of interprocess communication and synchronization where one process responds to requests from multiple other threads and sleeps…
- sleet noun The part of a mortar extending from the chamber to the trunnions.
- sleeve noun A double tube of copper into which the ends of bare wires are pushed so that when the tube is twisted an electrical connection is made. The…
- slenderness noun The quotient between the height and the width of a building.
- slice noun A contiguous portion of an array.
- slice category noun A category whose objects are morphisms (of some given category) with a common codomain, and whose morphisms are commuting triangles where…
- slicer noun A kind of data filter used in data visualization.
- slicker noun A curved tool for smoothing the surfaces of a mould after the withdrawal of the pattern.
- slide noun A page of a computer presentation package such as PowerPoint.
- slide plate noun A linear bearing that may be part of the expansion joints of bridges, high temperature horizontal ducts of water-tube boilers and other…
- slider noun A widget allowing the user to select a value or position on a sliding scale.
- sliding clamp noun A specialized hand tool used to hold materials firmly in place while they are being worked on.
- sliding window noun A descriptor for a data analysis technique where overlapping chunks of data of fixed size are analyzed.
- sling noun An instrument for throwing stones or other missiles, consisting of a short strap with two strings fastened to its ends, or with a string…
- slingshot effect noun The use of the relative movement and gravity of a planet or other celestial body to alter the path and speed of a spacecraft.
- slip noun A difference between the theoretical distance traveled per revolution of the propeller and the actual advance of the vessel.
- slipper noun A piece, usually a plate, applied to a sliding piece, to receive wear and permit adjustment; a gib.
- slipstream verb To incorporate additional software (such as patches) into an existing installer.
- slosh noun backslash, the character \.
- slot noun The allocated time for an aircraft's departure or arrival at an airport's runway.
- slot pair noun The commercial rights for an airline to take off and land planes at a particular airport at a particular time.
- slot time noun The amount of time required for an electronic pulse to travel the length of the maximum theoretical distance between two nodes.
- slotter noun A tool used to make a mortise, or to shape the sides of an aperture.
- slow light noun The propagation of an optical pulse or other modulation of an optical carrier at a very low group velocity.
- slow roll noun A maneuver in which the aircraft makes a complete rotation around its roll axis while maintaining a straight and level flight path.
- slugify verb To transform (a text string) into a slug (resource name), such as "Paris, France" into "paris-france".
- slurpy adj In the Raku programming language: being a form of variadic parameter list that can capture additional parameters.
- slush noun A mixture of white lead and lime, used as a paint to prevent oxidation.
- slush-cast verb To create hollow castings in which molten metal is poured into a metallic mould and then poured out again, leaving a thin solidified layer…
- SMAC noun social, mobile, analytics, cloud: a group of technologies
- small appliance noun A portable or semiportable machine, generally used on tabletops, countertops or other platforms, to accomplish a household task.
- Small Scale Integration noun an integration type for digital circuits that contain transistors numbering in the tens providing a few logic gates per chip
- smart bomb noun A guided air-dropped bomb.
- smart quotes noun Curly quotes automatically inserted into text as a replacement for the straight quotes typed by the user.
- smart-reference proxy noun A proxy that provides additional actions whenever an object is referenced, such as counting the number of references to the object.
- smash noun Airspeed; dynamic pressure.
- smash the stack verb To corrupt the call stack, causing execution to jump to a random address, sometimes used as a malicious attack on a system.
- SMD noun Initialism of surface-mount(ed) device.
- smearer noun A circuit used to eliminate the overshoot of a pulse.
- smelly adj Having signs that suggest a design problem; having a code smell.
- SMF noun single-mode fibre; a type of an optical fibre which is designed to carry only a single ray of light.
- smoke wagon noun A handgun, especially a revolver.
- smokeless adj Of a gun, that does not produce smoke when fired.
- smoothbore adj Having a bore with a smooth interior, i.e. one that has not been rifled.
- smoothsort noun A sorting algorithm based on heapsort but using the Leonardo numbers, tending to perform better than heapsort in cases where the items to…
- snackbar noun A temporary banner informing the user of some action which happened or is about to happen, less interactive than a standard window and more…
- snail noun A spiral cam, or a flat piece of metal of spirally curved outline, used for giving motion to, or changing the position of, another part, as…
- snap verb To jump to a fixed position relative to another element.
- snap cap noun A dummy round of ammunition used to check ammo feed and other mechanical problems.
- snap in noun A plug-in.
- snapshot verb To capture the state of, in a snapshot.
- snarf verb To slurp (computing slang sense); to load in entirely; to copy as a whole.
- snarge noun The remains of a bird after it has collided with an airplane (in a bird strike), especially a turbine engine.
- snatch noun Rapid, uncommanded jerking or oscillation of the ailerons of some aircraft at high Mach numbers, resulting from shock wave formation at…
- sneakernet noun A method of transferring a computer file from one computer to another by copying it to a floppy disk, thumb drive, or some other external…