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 90 of 91: from “white plague” to “wraparound”.
- white plague noun The white gold-aluminium intermetallic compound Au₅Al₂, which can be formed when gold and aluminium are heated in direct contact (for…
- white screen of death noun An error or issue occurring in Apple operating systems and other technologies that causes the computer or device to cease working and…
- white space noun A contiguous collection of one or more characters that each represents horizontal or vertical space in typography.
- white top-hat transform noun A form of the top-hat transform that finds the elements in the input image that are brighter than their surroundings.
- whiteboard noun A collaborative tool allowing several users to write and draw on the same shared display.
- whitelist noun A list or collection of people or entities that are known, trusted, or explicitly permitted.
- whiten verb To increase the security of an iterated block cipher by steps that combine the data with portions of the key.
- whiteout noun The simulated erasure of a file, etc. on a read-only volume.
- Wi-Fi noun Any of several standards for short-range wireless data transmission (IEEE 802.11).
- wide adj Of or supporting a greater range of text characters than can fit into the traditional 8-bit representation.
- wide-cut adj Composed of a mixture of hydrocarbons with a wide range of boiling points, including both moderately-heavy, higher-boiling kerosene-type…
- widebody noun An airliner capable of seating seven or more passengers in a single row of economy seating, with two aisles or more.
- widen verb To convert to a data type that can hold a larger number of distinct values.
- widening conversion noun A conversion from one data type to another where the new data type’s size is the same or greater than the old one’s, guaranteeing that…
- widget noun Any one of the components of a computer application's graphical user interface, such as a Cancel button or text input box that a user…
- wifferdill noun An elaborate, multiaxis aerobatic manoeuvre, especially one in which an aircraft makes a series of very tight turns in order to reverse its…
- wikify verb To adapt to the standards and facilities of an existing wiki, such as by marking up with wikitext.
- wikitime noun A time standard or timestamp used in Wikipedia and its affiliates, set to Greenwich Mean Time, and encoded as 24-hour time-day-month-year.
- wild adj Of unregulated and varying frequency.
- wild card noun Alternative form of wildcard (“substituted text character”).
- wild pointer noun An uninitialized pointer.
- wild weasel noun An attack airplane specialized for attacking anti-aircraft defenses (AADs), typically surface-to-air missile (SAM) sites and radar control…
- wildcard noun A character that takes the place of any other character or string that is not known or specified.
- wildcat adj Of or concerning customized or hand-made cartridges.
- wildcatter noun A person who makes wildcat cartridges and the guns that use them.
- WiMAX noun Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access: a telecommunications technology providing wireless data, voice and video over long…
- win verb To take priority.
- Winchester noun A hard disk.
- wind shear noun Variation in wind speed or direction over a short spatial distance.
- windage noun The difference in diameter between the bore of a firearm and the shot.
- winding noun A length of wire wound around the armature of an electric motor or the core of an electrical transformer.
- windmill verb To be rotated by the force of the fluid passing through (the propeller or turbine rotor).
- window verb To apply a window function to (a signal).
- window detector noun A special type of comparator which provides an indication of whether the input voltage is within a specified range.
- window down verb To reduce in scope, resolution, capacity, bandwidth, etc. so as to enable or focus on a target.
- window function noun A function that performs a calculation using values from several rows, but does not group them into a single row.
- window up verb To create a window to access (a file, website, etc); to put (a file, website, etc.) in a window.
- windowed adj Occupying only a part of the screen (in a window.)
- windowing noun The use of a graphical user interface divided into windows.
- windowing system noun A software suite that manages separate sections of a display screen, enabling multiple applications to run simultaneously.
- windowlike adj Resembling a window (a rectangular area displaying the output of a program).
- Windows key noun A key on a computer keyboard bearing the Microsoft Windows logo, used to open the Start menu and as a modifier key for various other…
- windsock noun A large, conical, open-ended tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed, used especially at smaller airfields.
- wing noun Part of an aircraft that produces the lift for rising into the air.
- wing warping noun an early system for lateral (roll) control on a fixed-wing aircraft, involving the flexing of the wing to achieve movement; superseded by…
- wingding noun A glyph from a Wingdings font.
- winglet noun A winglike structure at a wingtip set at an angle to the plane of the wing designed to reduce drag by its effect on wingtip vortices.
- wings noun A pilot's license, the legal authorization to operate an aircraft.
- wingsuit noun A special jumpsuit, used in extreme sports like a parachute, which adds surface area to the wearer's body to create lift.
- winner's curse noun The phenomenon whereby the winner of an auction is likely to overpay, since each bid represents a bidder's estimate of the item's value…
- winner-take-all adj Of a neural network model: organized so that neurons in a layer compete with each other for activation.
- wipe verb To erase.
- wiper noun A program or process that erases data.
- wire cartridge noun An early type of shotgun cartridge that had wire lining in the case to assist concentrating the shot.
- wire frame noun Alternative form of wireframe.
- wire speed noun The (maximum) rate at which data can flow through a cable
- wireframe noun A visual model of an electronic representation of a three-dimensional object as defined geometrically by line segments.
- wirehead noun A hardware hacker.
- wireless noun A wireless connectivity to a computer network.
- wireless network noun Devices connected to a network using a centralized wireless access point (WAP).
- wireline noun Synonym of landline.
- wiring harness noun A bundle of insulated wires, often held together with straps or other connectors, that transmit signals or electrical current within a…
- wiring loom noun A wiring harness; a bundle of wires, tied together but not enclosed in a rigid conduit, that transmit signals or electrical current within…
- witness noun An additional database server instance used in failover scenarios to decide whether the mirror should take over.
- Witt group noun given a category with duality, the quotient of isometry classes of symmetric spaces, modulo metabolic spaces.
- wizard noun A computer program or script used to simplify complex operations, often for an inexperienced user.
- Wizard of Oz noun A person simulating the operation of a supposed intelligent device, usually in an experiment.
- wonky adj Suffering from intermittent bugs.
- Woodruff key noun A semicircular key that fits partly into a circular segment keyseat, with the remainder fitting into a longitudinal slot keyway in the…
- word noun A unit of text equivalent to five characters and one space.
- word processing noun The creation, input, editing and formatting of documents and other text using software on a computer.
- word time noun The amount of time required to transfer a machine word between different memory units.
- word wrap noun A word processing feature which automatically adjusts lines of text to fit within the page margins. Words exceeding the margins are set to…
- word-wheeling noun A method of database searching that produces an instantly refreshed list of results as the user enters each character of the term.
- wordify verb To convert (a file) to Microsoft Word format.
- wordline noun An array of rows of memory cells in random access memory, used with the bitline to generate the address of each cell.
- wordmark noun A bit in each memory location on some variable-word-length computers (e.g. IBM 1401, IBM 1620) used to mark the end of a word.
- wordwise adj In terms of words (fixed groups of binary digits); one word of data at a time.
- work hardening noun The repeated plastic deformation of a material, causing a permanent distortion of its crystal structure, and an increase in its strength…
- work stealing noun An algorithm and scheduling strategy for multithreaded computer programs, where a thread can "steal" work from queues of the other threads.
- workalike noun A computer capable of running software designed for another.
- workaround noun A procedure or a temporary fix that bypasses a problem and allows a user to continue working until a better solution can be provided.
- workbook noun A collection of spreadsheets stored in the same file.
- worker noun A thread performing one instance of a particular task within a program.
- workgroup noun A computer network created for use by such groups.
- working directory noun The current directory (container for files etc.), on which commands will operate unless otherwise specified.
- working-storage section noun The part of the data division of a COBOL program that describes the format of local variables and constants to be used by the program
- workpiece noun A partially finished object (often composed of a raw material) which is subjected to various operations, worked on with tools, etc.
- workspace noun A file (or system of files) in which related software and data can be manipulated or developed in isolation from others.
- workstation noun A desktop computer, normally more powerful than a normal PC and often dedicated to a specific task, such as graphics.
- world noun The part of an operating system distributed with the kernel, consisting of the shell and other programs.
- worm noun A self-replicating program that propagates through a network, differing from a virus in usually lacking any destructive effects.
- worm drive noun A write once, read many drive; data storage technology that allows information to be written to a disc a single time and prevents the drive…
- wormhole noun A location in a monitor program containing the address of a routine, allowing the user to substitute different functionality.
- wow noun A relatively slow form of flutter (pitch variation) which can affect both gramophone records and tape recorders.
- wowless adj Free of wows.
- WPT noun Abbreviation of wireless-power transfer.
- wrap verb To make functionality available through a software wrapper.
- wrap around verb To move (text or other content) to the beginning of the next line when unable to fit it at the end of the current line.
- wraparound noun Word wrap, the word processing feature that moves text to the beginning of the next line if it will not fit at the end of the current line.