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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
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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.
kind
1. n. A type, race or category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may be grouped together.
What kind of a person are you?
This is a strange kind of tobacco.
2. n. A makeshift or otherwise atypical specimen.
The opening served as a kind of window.
3. n. (archaic) One's inherent nature; character, natural disposition.
4. n. Goods or services used as payment, as e.g. in barter.
5. n. Equivalent means used as response to an action.
I'll pay in kind for his insult.
6. n. (Christianity) Each of the two elements of the communion service, bread and wine.
7. adj. Having a benevolent, courteous, friendly, generous, gentle, liberal, sympathetic, or warm-hearted nature or disposition, marked by consideration for – and service to – others.
8. adj. Affectionate.
a kind man; a kind heart
9. adj. Favorable.
10. adj. Mild, gentle, forgiving
The years have been kind to Richard Gere; he ages well.
11. adj. Gentle; tractable; easily governed.
a horse kind in harness
12. adj. (obsolete) Characteristic of the species; belonging to one's nature; natural; native.
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.
sandbox
1. n. (US) A children's play area consisting of a box filled with sand.
2. n. A box filled with sand that is shaped to form a mould for metal casting.
3. n. A container for sand or pounce, used historically before blotting paper.
4. n. An animal's litter box.
5. n. (rail) A box carried on locomotives, from which sand runs onto the rails in front of the driving wheels, to prevent slipping.
6. n. (computing) An isolated area where a program can be executed with a restricted portion of the resources available.
Running a program in a sandbox can prevent it from doing any damage to the system.
7. n. (Wiktionary and WMF jargon) A page on a wiki where users are free to experiment without destroying or damaging any legitimate content.
8. n. (US, military slang) The Middle East.
9. v. (computing, transitive) To restrict (a program, etc.) by placing it in a sandbox.
for
1. conj. (dated) Because.
2. prep. Towards.
The astronauts headed for the moon.
3. prep. Directed at, intended to belong to.
I have something for you.
4. prep. In honor of, or directed towards the celebration or event of.
We're having a birthday party for Janet.
The cake is for Tom and Helen's anniversary.
The mayor gave a speech for the charity gala.
5. prep. Supporting.
All those for the motion raise your hands.
6. prep. Because of.
He wouldn't apologize; and just for that, she refused to help him.
(UK usage) He looks better for having lost weight.
She was the worse for drink.
7. prep. Over a period of time.
I've lived here for three years.
They fought for days over a silly pencil.
8. prep. Throughout an extent of space.
9. prep. On behalf of.
I will stand in for him.
10. prep. Instead of, or in place of.
11. prep. In order to obtain or acquire.
I am aiming for completion by the end of business Thursday.
He's going for his doctorate.
Do you want to go for coffee?
People all over Greece looked to Delphi for answers.
Can you go to the store for some eggs?
I'm saving up for a car.
Don't wait for an answer.
What did he ask you for?
12. prep. In the direction of: marks a point one is going toward.
Run for the hills!
He was headed for the door when he remembered.
13. prep. By the standards of, usually with the implication of those standards being lower than one might otherwise expect.
Fair for its day.
She's spry for an old lady.
14. prep. Despite, in spite of.
15. prep. Used to indicate the subject of a to-infinitive.
For that to happen now is incredibly unlikely. (=It is incredibly unlikely that that will happen now.)
All I want is for you to be happy. (=All I want is that you be happy.)
16. prep. (chiefly US) Out of; used to indicate a fraction, a ratio
In term of base hits, Jones was three for four on the day
17. prep. (cricket) Used as part of a score to indicate the number of wickets that have fallen.
At close of play, England were 305 for 3.
18. prep. To be, or as being.
19. prep. (obsolete) (Indicating that in prevention of which, or through fear of which, anything is done.)
20. prep. Used to construe various verbs (see the entries for individual phrasal verbs).
running
1. adj. Moving or advancing at a run.
2. adj. Of a horse, having a running gait; not a trotter or pacer.
3. adj. present, current
running month
4. adj. Flowing; easy; cursive.
running handwriting
5. adj. Continuous; keeping along step by step.
a running explanation
6. adj. (botany) Extending by a slender climbing or trailing stem.
a running vine
7. adj. (medicine) Discharging pus.
a running sore
8. adj. (of a nose) Discharging snot or mucus.
a running nose
9. adv. (informal) consecutively; in a row
Mom's strawberry jam won the blue ribbon at the Holland County Fair three years running.
10. n. The action of the verb to run.
His running of the business leaves something to be desired.
11. n. The activity of running as a form of exercise, as a sport, or for any other reason
Running is good exercise.
12. n. That which runs or flows; the quantity of a liquid which flows in a certain time or during a certain operation.
the first running of a still
13. n. The discharge from an ulcer or other sore.
14. v. present participle of run
run
1. v. To move swiftly.
2. v. (intransitive) To move forward quickly upon two feet by alternately making a short jump off either foot. (Compare walk.)
Run, Sarah, run!
3. v. (intransitive) To go at a fast pace, to move quickly.
The horse ran the length of the track. I have been running all over the building looking for him. Sorry, I've got to run; my house is
4. v. To cause to move quickly; to make move lightly.
Every day I run my dog across the field and back. I'll just run the vacuum cleaner over the carpet. Run your fingers through my hair.
5. v. (transitive, or intransitive) To compete in a race.
The horse will run the Preakness next year. I'm not ready to run a marathon.
6. v. (intransitive) Of fish, to migrate for spawning.
7. v. (intransitive, soccer) To carry a football down the field.
8. v. To achieve or perform by running or as if by running.
The horse ran a great race.
9. v. (intransitive) To flee from a danger or towards help.
Whenever things get tough, she cuts and runs. When he's broke, he runs to me for money.
10. v. (transitive, juggling, colloquial) To juggle a pattern continuously, as opposed to starting and stopping quickly.
11. v. (fluids) To flow.
12. v. (intransitive, figuratively) To move or spread quickly.
There's a strange story running around the neighborhood. The flu is running through my daughter's kindergarten.
13. v. (intransitive) Of a liquid, to flow.
The river runs through the forest. There's blood running down your leg.
14. v. (intransitive) Of an object, to have a liquid flowing from it.
Your nose is running. Why is the hose still running? My cup runneth over.
15. v. To make a liquid flow; to make liquid flow from an object.
You'll have to run the water a while before it gets hot. Run the tap until the water gets hot.
16. v. (intransitive) To become liquid; to melt.
17. v. (intransitive) To leak or spread in an undesirable fashion; to bleed (especially used of dye or paint).
He discovered during washing that the red rug ran on his white sheet, staining it pink.
18. v. To fuse; to shape; to mould; to cast.
to run bullets
19. v. (figurative, transitive) To go through without stopping, usually illegally.
run a red light or stop sign; run a blockade
20. v. (nautical, of a vessel) To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing close-hauled.
21. v. (social) To carry out an activity.
22. v. To control or manage, be in charge of.
My uncle ran a corner store for forty years. She runs the fundraising. My parents think they run my life. He is running an expe
23. v. (intransitive) To be a candidate in an election.
I have decided to run for governor of California. We're trying to find somebody to run against him next year.
24. v. To make run in a race or an election.
He ran his best horse in the Derby. The Green Party is running twenty candidates in this election.
25. v. To exert continuous activity; to proceed.
to run through life; to run in a circle
26. v. (intransitive) To be presented in one of the media.
The story will run on the 6-o'clock news. The latest Robin Williams movie is running at the Silver City theatre. Her picture ran on t
27. v. To print or broadcast in the media.
run a story; run an ad
28. v. To transport someone or something.
Could you run me over to the store? Please run this report upstairs to director's office.
29. v. To smuggle illegal goods.
to run guns; to run rum
30. v. (transitive, agriculture) To sort through a large volume of produce in quality control.
Looks like we're gonna have to run the tomatoes again.
31. v. To extend or persist, statically or dynamically, through space or time.
32. v. (intransitive) To extend in space or through a range (often with a measure phrase).
The border runs for 3000 miles. The leash runs along a wire. The grain of the wood runs to the right on this table. It ran in q
33. v. (intransitive) To extend in time, to last, to continue (usually with a measure phrase).
The sale will run for ten days. The contract runs through 2008. The meeting ran late. The book runs 655 pages. The speech
34. v. To make something extend in space.
I need to run this wire along the wall.
35. v. (intransitive) Of a machine, including computer programs, to be operating or working normally.
My car stopped running. That computer runs twenty-four hours a day. Buses don't run here on Sunday.
36. v. To make a machine operate.
It's full. You can run the dishwasher now. Don't run the engine so fast.
37. v. To execute or carry out a plan, procedure or program.
They ran twenty blood tests on me and they still don't know what's wrong. Our coach had us running plays for the whole practice. I will run the sample. Don't run that software
38. v. To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation.
to run from one subject to another
39. v. (copulative) To become different in a way mentioned (usually to become worse).
Our supplies are running low. They frequently overspent and soon ran into debt.
40. v. To cost a large amount of money.
Buying a new laptop will run you a thousand dollars. Laptops run about a thousand dollars apiece.
41. v. (intransitive) Of stitches or stitched clothing, to unravel.
My stocking is running.
42. v. To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation.
43. v. To cause to enter; to thrust.
to run a sword into or through the body; to run a nail into one's foot
44. v. To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven.
45. v. To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine.
to run a line
46. v. To encounter or incur (a danger or risk).
to run the risk of losing one's life
47. v. To put at hazard; to venture; to risk.
48. v. To tease with sarcasms and ridicule.
49. v. To sew (a seam) by passing the needle through material in a continuous line, generally taking a series of stitches on the needle at the same time.
50. v. To control or have precedence in a card game.
Every three or four hands he would run the table.
51. v. To be in form thus, as a combination of words.
52. v. (archaic) To be popularly known; to be generally received.
53. v. To have growth or development.
Boys and girls run up rapidly.
54. v. To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline.
55. v. To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in company.
Certain covenants run with the land.
56. v. (golf) To strike (the ball) in such a way as to cause it to run along the ground, as when approaching a hole.
57. v. (video games) To speedrun.
58. v. past participle of rin
59. n. Act or instance of running, of moving rapidly using the feet.
I just got back from my morning run.
60. n. Act or instance of hurrying (to or from a place) (not necessarily by foot); dash or errand, trip.
I need to make a run to the store.
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.
guest
1. n. A recipient of hospitality, specifically someone staying by invitation at the house of another.
The guests were let in by the butler.
2. n. A patron or customer in a hotel etc.
Guests must vacate their rooms by 10 o'clock on their day of departure.
3. n. An invited visitor or performer to an institution or to a broadcast.
The guest for the broadcast was a leading footballer.
4. n. (zoology) Any insect that lives in the nest of another without compulsion and usually not as a parasite.
5. n. (zoology) An inquiline.
6. v. (intransitive) to appear as a guest, especially on a broadcast
7. v. (intransitive) as a musician, to play as a guest, providing an instrument that a band/orchestra does not normally have in its line up (for instance, percussion in a string band)
8. v. (transitive, obsolete) To receive or entertain hospitably.
operating
1. adj. In operation; that operates.
Don't touch the operating machinery.
2. v. present participle of operate
operate
1. v. (transitive, or intransitive) To perform a work or labour; to exert power or strength, physical or mechanical; to act.
2. v. (transitive, or intransitive) To produce an appropriate physical effect; to issue in the result designed by nature; especially (medicine) to take appropriate effect on the human system.
3. v. (transitive, or intransitive) To act or produce effect on the mind; to exert moral power or influence.
4. v. (medicine, transitive, or intransitive) To perform some manual act upon a human body in a methodical manner, and usually with instruments, with a view to restore soundness or health, as in amputation
5. v. (transitive, or intransitive) To deal in stocks or any commodity with a view to speculative profits.
6. v. (transitive, or intransitive) To produce, as an effect; to cause.
7. v. (transitive, or intransitive) To put into, or to continue in, operation or activity; to work.
to operate a machine
system
1. n. A collection of organized things; a whole composed of relationships among its members.
There are eight planets in the solar system.
2. n. (derogatory) Preceded by the word the: the mainstream culture, controlled by the elites or government of a state, or a combination of them, seen as opp
3. n. (computing) A set of hardware and software operating in a computer.
4. n. (mathematics) A set of equations involving the same variables, which are to be solved simultaneously.
5. n. (music) A set of staves linked by a brace that indicate instruments or sounds that are to be played simultaneously.
6. n. (physiology) A set of body organs having a particular function.
the digestive system the nervous system
7. n. A set of alters, or the multiple (individual with multiple personalities due to e.g. a disassociative personality disorder) who contains them.
8. n. A method or way of organizing or planning.
Many people believed communism was a good system until the breakup of the Soviet Union.
instance
1. n. (obsolete) Urgency of manner or words; an urgent request; insistence.
2. n. (obsolete) A token; a sign; a symptom or indication.
It sends some precious instance of itself/ After the thing it loves. Hamlet IV. v. ca. 1602
3. n. (obsolete) That which is urgent; motive.
4. n. Occasion; order of occurrence.
5. n. A case offered as an exemplification or a precedent; an illustrative example.
6. n. One of a series of recurring occasions, cases, essentially the same.
7. n. (obsolete) A piece of evidence; a proof or sign (of something).
8. n. (computing) In object-oriented programming: a created object, one that has had memory allocated for local data storage; an instantiation of a class.
9. n. (massively multiplayer online games) A dungeon or other area that is duplicated for each player, or each party of players, that enters it, so that each player or party has a private copy of the area
10. n. (massively multiplayer online games) An individual copy of such a dungeon or other area.
11. v. To mention as a case or example; to refer to; to cite
to instance a fact
12. v. (intransitive) To cite an example as proof; to exemplify.

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