computing |
1. n. (literally) The process or act of calculation. | |
2. n. The use of a computer or computers. | |
3. n. The study, field of computers and computer programming. | |
This course will cover several major fields of computing. | |
4. v. present participle of compute | |
5. v. topics, en, Computing | |
a |
1. art. One; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a group. | |
There was a man here looking for you yesterday. | |
2. art. Used in conjunction with the adjectives score, dozen, hundred, thousand, and million, as a function word. | |
I've seen it happen a hundred times. | |
3. art. One certain or particular; any single.Brown, Lesley, (2003) | |
We've received an interesting letter from a Mrs. Miggins of London. | |
4. art. The same; one. | |
We are of a mind on matters of morals. | |
5. art. Any, every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope; also used with a negative to indicate not a single one.Lindberg, Christine A. (2007) | |
A man who dies intestate leaves his children troubles and difficulties. | |
He fell all that way, and hasn't a bump on his head? | |
6. art. Used before plural nouns modified by few, good many, couple, great many, etc. | |
7. art. Someone or something like; similar to; Used before a proper noun to create an example out of it. | |
The center of the village was becoming a Times Square. | |
8. prep. (archaic) To do with position or direction; In, on, at, by, towards, onto. | |
Stand a tiptoe. | |
9. prep. To do with separation; In, into. | |
Torn a pieces. | |
10. prep. To do with time; Each, per, in, on, by. | |
I brush my teeth twice a day. | |
11. prep. (obsolete) To do with method; In, with. | |
12. prep. (obsolete) To do with role or capacity; In. | |
A God’s name. | |
13. prep. To do with status; In. | |
King James Bible (II Chronicles 2:18) | |
To set the people a worke. | |
14. prep. (archaic) To do with process, with a passive verb; In the course of, experiencing. | |
1964, Bob Dylan, The Times They Are a-Changin’ | |
The times, they are a-changin'. | |
15. prep. (archaic) To do with an action, an active verb; Engaged in. | |
1611, King James Bible, Hebrews 11-21 | |
Jacob, when he was a dying | |
16. prep. (archaic) To do with an action/movement; To, into. | |
17. v. (archaic, or slang) Have. | |
I'd a come, if you'd a asked. | |
18. pron. (obsolete, outside, England, and Scotland dialects) He. | |
19. interj. A meaningless syllable; ah. | |
20. prep. (archaic, slang) Of. | |
The name of John a Gaunt. | |
21. adv. (chiefly Scotland) All. | |
22. adj. (chiefly Scotland) All. | |
unit |
1. n. (mathematics) Oneness, singularity, seen as a component of a whole number; a magnitude of one. | |
2. n. (sciences) A standard measure of a quantity. | |
The centimetre is a unit of length. | |
3. n. The number one. | |
4. n. clipping of international unit | |
This pill provides 500 units of Vitamin E. | |
5. n. An organized group comprising people and/or equipment. | |
He was a member of a special police unit. | |
6. n. (military, informal) A member of a military organization. | |
The fifth tank brigade moved in with 20 units. (i.e., 20 tanks) | |
7. n. (US, military) Any military element whose structure is prescribed by competent authority, such as a table of organization and equipment; specifically, part of an organizationJoint Publication 1-02 U.S | |
8. n. (US, military) An organization title of a subdivision of a group in a task force. | |
9. n. (US, military) A standard or basic quantity into which an item of supply is divided, issued or detailed. In this meaning, also called unit of issue. | |
10. n. (US, military) With regard to Reserve Components of the Armed Forces, denotes a Selected Reserve unit organized, equipped, and trained for mobilization to serve on active duty as a unit or to augment | |
11. n. (algebra) The identity element, neutral element. | |
12. n. (algebra) An element having an inverse, an invertible element; an associate of the unity. | |
13. n. (category theory) In an adjunction, a natural transformation from the identity functor of the domain of the left adjoint functor to the composition of the right adjoint functor with the left adjoint f | |
14. n. (geology) A volume of rock or ice of identifiable origin and age range that is defined by the distinctive and dominant, easily mapped and recognizable petrographic, lithologic or paleontologic feature | |
15. n. (commerce) An item which may be sold singly. | |
We shipped nearly twice as many units this month as last month. | |
16. n. (UK) A unit of alcohol. | |
17. n. (electricity) One kilowatt-hour (as recorded on an electricity meter). | |
18. n. (Australia, New Zealand) a measure of housing equivalent to the living quarters of one household, an apartment where a group of apartments is contained in one or more multi-storied buildings or a grou | |
19. n. (historical) A gold coin of the reign of James I, worth twenty shillings. | |
20. n. A work unit. | |
21. n. (slang) A physically large person. | |
22. adj. For each unit. | |
We have to keep our unit costs down if we want to make a profit. | |
23. adj. (mathematics) Having a size or magnitude of one. | |
of |
1. prep. Expressing distance or motion. | |
2. prep. (now obsolete, or dialectal) From (of distance, direction), "off". | |
3. prep. (obsolete except in phrases) Since, from (a given time, earlier state etc.). | |
4. prep. From, away from (a position, number, distance etc.). | |
There are no shops within twenty miles of the cottage. | |
5. prep. (North America, Scotland, Ireland) Before (the hour); to. | |
What's the time? / Nearly a quarter of three. | |
6. prep. Expressing separation. | |
7. prep. (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with the action indicated by a transitive verb and the quality or substance by a grammatical object.) | |
Finally she was relieved of the burden of caring for her sick husband. | |
8. prep. (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with resulting state indicated by an adjective.) | |
He seemed devoid of human feelings. | |
9. prep. (obsolete) (Indicating removal, absence or separation, construed with an intransitive verb.) | |
10. prep. Expressing origin. | |
11. prep. (Indicating an ancestral source or origin of descent.) | |
The word is believed to be of Japanese origin. | |
12. prep. (Indicating a (non-physical) source of action or emotion; introducing a cause, instigation); from, out of, as an expression of. | |
The invention was born of necessity. | |
13. prep. (following an intransitive verb) (Indicates the source or cause of the verb.) | |
It is said that she died of a broken heart. | |
14. prep. (following an adjective) (Indicates the subject or cause of the adjective.) | |
I am tired of all this nonsense. | |
15. prep. Expressing agency. | |
16. prep. (following a passive verb) (Indicates the agent (for most verbs, now usually expressed with by).) | |
I am not particularly enamoured of this idea. | |
17. prep. (Used to introduce the "subjective genitive"; following a noun to form the head of a postmodifying noun phrase) (see also 'Possession' senses below). | |
The contract can be terminated at any time with the agreement of both parties. | |
18. prep. (following an adjective) (Used to indicate the agent of something described by the adjective.) | |
It was very brave of you to speak out like that. | |
19. prep. Expressing composition, substance. | |
20. prep. (after a verb expressing construction, making etc.) (Used to indicate the material or substance used.) | |
Many 'corks' are now actually made of plastic. | |
21. prep. (directly following a noun) (Used to indicate the material of the just-mentioned object.) | |
She wore a dress of silk. | |
22. prep. (Indicating the composition of a given collective or quantitative noun.) | |
What a lot of nonsense! | |
23. prep. (Used to link a given class of things with a specific example of that class.) | |
Welcome to the historic town of Harwich. | |
24. prep. (Links two nouns in near-apposition, with the first qualifying the second); "which is also". | |
I'm not driving this wreck of a car. | |
25. prep. Introducing subject matter. | |
26. prep. (Links an intransitive verb, or a transitive verb and its subject (especially verbs to do with thinking, feeling, expressing etc.), with its subject-ma | |
I'm always thinking of you. | |
27. prep. (following a noun (now chiefly nouns of knowledge, communication etc.)) (Introduces its subject matter); about, concerning. | |
He told us the story of his journey to India. | |
28. prep. (following an adjective) (Introduces its subject matter.) | |
This behaviour is typical of teenagers. | |
29. prep. Having partitive effect. | |
30. prep. (following a number or other quantitive word) (Introduces the whole for which is indicated only the specified part or segment); "from among". | |
Most of these apples are rotten. | |
31. prep. (following a noun) (Indicates a given part.) | |
32. prep. (now archaic, literary, with preceding partitive word assumed, or as a predicate after to be) Some, an amount of, one of. | |
On the whole, they seem to be of the decent sort. | |
33. prep. (Links to a genitive noun or possessive pronoun, with partitive effect (though now often merged with possessive senses, below).) | |
He is a friend of mine. | |
34. prep. Expressing possession. | |
35. prep. Belonging to, existing in, or taking place in a given location, place or time. Compare "origin" senses, above. | |
He was perhaps the most famous scientist of the twentieth century. | |
36. prep. Belonging to (a place) through having title, ownership or control over it. | |
The owner of the nightclub was arrested. | |
37. prep. Belonging to (someone or something) as something they possess or have as a characteristic; (the "possessive genitive". (With abstract nouns, this inter | |
Keep the handle of the saucepan away from the flames. | |
38. prep. Forming the "objective genitive". | |
39. prep. (Follows an agent noun, verbal noun or noun of action.) | |
She had a profound distrust of the police. | |
40. prep. Expressing qualities or characteristics. | |
41. prep. (now archaic, or literary) (Links an adjective with a noun or noun phrase to form a quasi-adverbial qualifier); in respect to, as regards. | |
My companion seemed affable and easy of manner. | |
42. prep. (Indicates a quality or characteristic); "characterized by". | |
Pooh was said to be a bear of very little brain. | |
43. prep. (Indicates quantity, age, price, etc.) | |
We have been paying interest at a rate of 10%. | |
44. prep. (US, informal considered incorrect by some) (Used to link singular indefinite nouns (preceded by the indefinite article) and attributive adjectives mod | |
It's not that big of a deal. | |
45. prep. Expressing a point in time. | |
46. prep. (chiefly regional) During the course of (a set period of time, day of the week etc.), now specifically with implied repetition or regularity. | |
Of an evening, we would often go for a stroll along the river. | |
47. prep. (UK dialectal, chiefly in negative constructions) For (a given length of time). | |
I've not tekken her out of a goodly long while. | |
48. prep. (after a noun) (Indicates duration of a state, activity etc.) | |
After a delay of three hours, the plane finally took off. | |
memory |
1. n. The ability of a system to record information about things or events with the facility of recalling them later at will. | |
Memory is a facility common to all animals. | |
2. n. A record of a thing or an event stored and available for later use by the organism. | |
I have no memory of that event. | |
My wedding is one of my happiest memories. | |
3. n. (computing) The part of a computer that stores variable executable code or data (RAM) or unalterable executable code or default data (ROM). | |
This data passes from the CPU to the memory. | |
4. n. The time within which past events can be or are remembered. | |
in recent memory; in living memory | |
5. n. (attributive, of a material) which returns to its original shape when heat, heated | |
Memory metal; memory plastic. | |
6. n. (obsolete) A memorial. | |
7. n. (zoology, collective, rare) (A term of venery for a social group of elephants, normally called a herd.) | |
equal |
1. adj. (not comparable) The same in all respects. | |
Equal conditions should produce equal results. | |
All men are created equal. | |
2. adj. (mathematics, not comparable) Exactly identical, having the same value. | |
All right angles are equal. | |
3. adj. (obsolete) Fair, impartial. | |
4. adj. (comparable) Adequate; sufficiently capable or qualified. | |
This test is pretty tough, but I think I'm equal to it. | |
5. adj. (obsolete) Not variable; equable; uniform; even. | |
an equal movement | |
6. adj. (music) Intended for voices of one kind only, either all male or all female; not mixed. | |
7. v. (mathematics) To be equal to, to have the same value as; to correspond to. | |
Two plus two equals four. | |
8. v. To be equivalent to; to match | |
David equaled the water level of the bottles, so they now both contain exactly 1 liter. | |
9. v. (informal) To have as its consequence. | |
Losing this deal equals losing your job. | |
Might does not equal right. | |
10. n. A person or thing of equal status to others. | |
We're all equals here. | |
This beer has no equal. | |
11. n. (obsolete) State of being equal; equality. | |
to |
1. part. A particle used for marking the following verb as an infinitive. | |
I want to leave. | |
He asked me what to do. | |
I don’t know how to say it. | |
I have places to go and people to see. | |
2. part. As above, with the verb implied. | |
"Did you visit the museum?" "I wanted to, but it was closed.". | |
If he hasn't read it yet, he ought to. | |
3. part. A particle used to create phrasal verbs. | |
I have to do laundry today. | |
4. prep. Indicating destination: In the direction of, and arriving at. | |
We are walking to the shop. | |
5. prep. Used to indicate purpose. | |
He devoted himself to education. | |
They drank to his health. | |
6. prep. Used to indicate result of action. | |
His face was beaten to a pulp. | |
7. prep. Used after an adjective to indicate its application. | |
similar to ..., relevant to ..., pertinent to ..., I was nice to him, he was cruel to her, I am used to walking. | |
8. prep. (obsolete,) As a. | |
With God to friend (with God as a friend); with The Devil to fiend (with the Devil as a foe); lambs slaughtered to lake (lambs slaughtered as a sacrifice); t | |
9. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate a ratio or comparison. | |
one to one = 1:1 | |
ten to one = 10:1. | |
I have ten dollars to your four. | |
10. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate that the preceding term is to be raised to the power of the following value; indicates exponentiation. | |
Three squared or three to the second power is nine. | |
Three to the power of two is nine. | |
Three to the second is nine. | |
11. prep. Used to indicate the indirect object. | |
I gave the book to him. | |
12. prep. (time) Preceding. | |
ten to ten = 9:50; We're going to leave at ten to (the hour). | |
13. prep. Used to describe what something consists of or contains. | |
Anyone could do this job; there's nothing to it. | |
There's a lot of sense to what he says. | |
14. prep. (Canada, UK, Newfoundland, West Midlands) At. | |
Stay where you're to and I'll come find you, b'y. | |
15. adv. Toward a closed, touching or engaging position. | |
Please push the door to. | |
16. adv. (nautical) Into the wind. | |
17. adv. misspelling of too | |
half |
1. adj. Consisting of a half (1/2, 50%). | |
a half bushel; a half hour; a half dollar; a half view | |
2. adj. Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect. | |
a half dream; half knowledge | |
3. adj. (of a sibling) Having one parent (rather than two) in common. | |
A half brother or half sister | |
4. adj. (rare, of a relative other than a sibling) Related through one common grandparent or ancestor rather than two. | |
A half uncle or half aunt or half cousin | |
5. adv. In two equal parts or to an equal degree. | |
6. adv. In some part approximating a half. | |
7. adv. Partially; imperfectly. | |
half-colored; half done; half-hearted; half persuaded; half conscious | |
He does sometimes half wish to change his life, but it is too difficult. | |
8. n. One of two usually roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided. | |
I ate the slightly smaller half of the apple. | |
You don't know the half of it. | |
9. n. (sports) One of the two opposite parts of the playing field of various sports, in which each starts the game. | |
10. n. Half of a standard measure; frequently used (British) for half a pint of beer or cider. | |
11. n. (preceded by “a” or a number) The fraction obtained by dividing 1 by 2. | |
Three-quarters minus a quarter is a half. | |
12. n. (obsolete) Part; side; behalf. | |
13. n. Any of the three terms at Eton College, for Michaelmas, Lent, and summer. | |
14. n. (slang) A half sibling. | |
15. n. (archaic) A child ticket. | |
16. v. (transitive, obsolete) To halve. | |
17. prep. (Ireland) A half-hour after, thirty minutes after (used with the number of the hour). | |
half one - half past one, 1:30 | |
a |
1. art. One; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a group. | |
There was a man here looking for you yesterday. | |
2. art. Used in conjunction with the adjectives score, dozen, hundred, thousand, and million, as a function word. | |
I've seen it happen a hundred times. | |
3. art. One certain or particular; any single.Brown, Lesley, (2003) | |
We've received an interesting letter from a Mrs. Miggins of London. | |
4. art. The same; one. | |
We are of a mind on matters of morals. | |
5. art. Any, every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope; also used with a negative to indicate not a single one.Lindberg, Christine A. (2007) | |
A man who dies intestate leaves his children troubles and difficulties. | |
He fell all that way, and hasn't a bump on his head? | |
6. art. Used before plural nouns modified by few, good many, couple, great many, etc. | |
7. art. Someone or something like; similar to; Used before a proper noun to create an example out of it. | |
The center of the village was becoming a Times Square. | |
8. prep. (archaic) To do with position or direction; In, on, at, by, towards, onto. | |
Stand a tiptoe. | |
9. prep. To do with separation; In, into. | |
Torn a pieces. | |
10. prep. To do with time; Each, per, in, on, by. | |
I brush my teeth twice a day. | |
11. prep. (obsolete) To do with method; In, with. | |
12. prep. (obsolete) To do with role or capacity; In. | |
A God’s name. | |
13. prep. To do with status; In. | |
King James Bible (II Chronicles 2:18) | |
To set the people a worke. | |
14. prep. (archaic) To do with process, with a passive verb; In the course of, experiencing. | |
1964, Bob Dylan, The Times They Are a-Changin’ | |
The times, they are a-changin'. | |
15. prep. (archaic) To do with an action, an active verb; Engaged in. | |
1611, King James Bible, Hebrews 11-21 | |
Jacob, when he was a dying | |
16. prep. (archaic) To do with an action/movement; To, into. | |
17. v. (archaic, or slang) Have. | |
I'd a come, if you'd a asked. | |
18. pron. (obsolete, outside, England, and Scotland dialects) He. | |
19. interj. A meaningless syllable; ah. | |
20. prep. (archaic, slang) Of. | |
The name of John a Gaunt. | |
21. adv. (chiefly Scotland) All. | |
22. adj. (chiefly Scotland) All. | |
byte |
1. n. (computing) A sequence of adjacent bits (binary digits) that can be operated on as a unit by a computer; the smallest usable machine word; nearly always eight bits, which can represent an integer from | |
2. n. (computing) A unit of computing storage equal to eight bits | |
The word “hello” fits into five bytes of ASCII code. | |
or |
1. conj. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either(...) | |
In Ohio, anyone under the age of 18 who wants a tattoo or body piercing needs the consent of a parent or guardian. | |
He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what. | |
2. conj. (logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or. | |
3. conj. Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities. | |
4. conj. Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false). | |
It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold! | |
5. conj. Connects two equivalent names. | |
The country Myanmar, or Burma | |
6. n. (logic, electronics) alternative form of OR | |
7. n. (tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms. | |
8. adj. (tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms. | |
9. adv. (obsolete) Early (on). | |
10. adv. (obsolete) Earlier, previously. | |
11. prep. (now archaic, or dialect) Before; ere. | |
four |
1. num. (cardinal) A numerical value equal to 4; the number after three and before five; two plus two. This many dots (••••) | |
There are four seasons: winter, spring, summer and autumn. | |
2. num. Describing a set or group with four elements. | |
3. n. The digit or figure 4; an occurrence thereof. | |
4. n. Anything measuring four units, as length. | |
Do you have any more fours? I want to make this a little taller. | |
5. n. A person who is four years old. | |
I'll take the threes, fours and fives and go to the playground. | |
6. n. (cricket) An event whereby a batsman hits a ball which bounces on the ground before passing over a boundary in the air, resulting in an award of 4 runs for the batting team. If the ball does not bounc | |
7. n. (basketball) A power forward. | |
8. n. (rowing) Quadruple sculls. | |
9. n. (obsolete) A four-pennyworth of spirits. | |
bits |
1. n. plural of bit | |
2. n. (slang) genitals | |
bit |
1. n. A piece of metal placed in a horse's mouth and connected to the reins to direct the animal. | |
A horse hates having a bit put in its mouth. | |
2. n. A rotary cutting tool fitted to a drill, used to bore holes. | |
3. n. (dated, British) A coin of a specified value. (Also formerly used for a nine-pence coin in the British Caribbean, and a fourpenny piece, or groat, in the British West Indies.) | |
a threepenny bit | |
4. n. (obsolete, Canada) A ten-cent piece, dime. | |
5. n. (US) An eighth of a dollar. Note that there is no coin minted worth 12.5 cents. (When this term first came into use, the Spanish 8 reales coin was widely used as a dollar equivalent, and thus the 1 re | |
A quarter is two bits. | |
6. n. (historical, US) In the southern and southwestern states, a small silver coin (such as the real) formerly current; commonly, one worth about 12½ cents; also, the sum of 12½ cents. | |
7. n. A small amount of something. | |
There were bits of paper all over the floor. Does your leg still hurt? / Just a bit now. I've done my bit; I expect you to do yours. | |
8. n. (informal) Specifically, a small amount of time. | |
I'll be there in a bit; I need to take care of something first. He was here just a bit ago, but it looks like he's stepped out. | |
9. n. A portion of something. | |
I'd like a big bit of cake, please. | |
10. n. Somewhat; something, but not very great; also used like jot and whit to express the smallest degree. | |
Am I bored? Not a bit of it! | |
11. n. (slang) A prison sentence, especially a short one. | |
12. n. (anchor, An excerpt of material) An excerpt of material making up part of a show, comedy routine, etc. | |
His bit about video games was not nearly as entertaining as the other segments of his show. | |
13. n. The part of a key which enters the lock and acts upon the bolt and tumblers. | |
14. n. The cutting iron of a plane. | |
15. adv. To a small extent; in a small amount (usually with "a"). | |
That's a bit too sweet. | |
16. v. To put a bridle upon; to put the bit in the mouth of (a horse). | |
17. v. simple past tense of bite | |
Your dog bit me! | |
18. v. (informal in US, archaic in Britain) past of bite, bitten | |
I have been bit by your dog! | |
19. adj. (colloquial) bitten. | |
Even though he's bit, of course the zombies would still chase him. | |
20. adj. (only in combination) Having been bitten. | |
21. n. (mathematics, computing) A binary digit, generally represented as a 1 or 0. | |
22. n. (computing) The smallest unit of storage in a digital computer, consisting of a binary digit. | |
23. n. (information theory, cryptography) Any datum that may take on one of exactly two values. | |
status bits on IRC; permission bits in a file system | |
24. n. (information theory) A unit of measure for information entropy. | |
25. n. A microbitcoin, or a millionth of a bitcoin (0.000001 BTC). | |