sidecar
noun/ˈsaɪdkɑɹ/
Etymology From side + car.
1
A one-wheeled attachment to the side of a motorcycle to allow for a separate seat for a passenger or cargo space.
2
A cocktail made with cognac (or brandy), triple sec liqueur, and lemon juice.
- Faux 19th-century bartenders in sleeve garters and baroque facial hair ply their trade in pre-Prohibition bars. Women wearing cloche hats order sidecars at speakeasies.2011 October 3, Wayne Curtis, “From Tiki to Tacky—and Back”, in The Atlantic:
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Programming, Sciences A software component that runs in a separate process from the rest of the software, to provide isolation and encapsulation.
- Using generic sidecars for multiple microservices may introduce functionality overhead.Ali Heydarimoghaddam, Microservices Design Patterns (page 83)
- Derived terms
- sidecarcross, sidecar file, sidecarist