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An ancient counting board containing grooves in which counters were placed; a forerunner of the abacus.
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(databases) A listing of records used to prune them during requests.
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(computing) In Microsoft .NET, a building block of an application, similar to a DLL, but containing both executable code and information normally found in a DLL's type library. The type library information in an assembly, called a manifest, describes public functions, data, classes, and version information.
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A sequence of Bates numbers in a particular set of documents.
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(computational linguistics) A software tool for dividing text into chunks.
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A document describing the characteristics of a proposed system from the viewpoint of the people who will use it.
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(operations) The sequence of dependent steps that determine the minimum time needed to carry out an operation.
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(computing, information science) A name associated with certain data or documents in an information storage and retrieval system; an index term.
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A specification of an object or process, referring to requirements to be satisfied and thus conditions to be met for them to solve a problem.
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(law) Abbreviation of development. [(uncountable) The process of developing; growth, directed change.]
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(web design) A section of a web page, or the div element that represents it in HTML code.
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Abbreviation of end-to-end. [(of a collection of items) Arranged such that each end of a given item is adjacent to one end of a different item.]
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(computing) An item embedded in another document.
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(HTML) A code that distinguishes a particular element from all other elements in a document.
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(computing) To access a value in a data container by an index.
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(information theory) Any unambiguous abstract data, the smallest possible unit being the bit.
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(web design, Cascading Style Sheets) An element that occurs within the flow of the text.
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(information science) An indexing algorithm which indexes a document based on the keywords being searched for.
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An identification number assigned to a particular quantity or lot of material from a single manufacturer.
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Meta, a biomedical research discovery tool (2010-2022; scheduled for shutdown in 2022).
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Alternative spelling of metamodel [(computing) A model of the modelling process itself.]
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Content that describes or deals with other content.
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An overarching context; a context within which other contexts can be used.
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Data that describes other data, serving as an informative label.
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A document containing metadata, such as tags, labels, and formatting information.
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Alternative spelling of meta tag [Text inserted into the source code of a web page to provide metadata, such as keywords for a search engine.]
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(computing) A stop word, one ignored in search queries etc.
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Metadata depicting how a data-value was created, altered, or otherwise operated upon.
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(architecture, design, software) A structured method of describing good design practices within a field of expertise.
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(computer science, slang) The second edition of Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools (2006), a notable textbook about compiler construction.
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(computing, Internet) A domain that is immediately subordinate to a top-level domain (whose name appears after it, with a period separating the two).
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Having to do with or arranged in a series.
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Something that simulates a system or environment in order to predict actual behaviour.
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(chiefly in the plural) A standalone subtitle that is overlaid on top of a video, rather than being written into the video itself; similar to a closed caption.
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Alternative form of subkey [(cryptography) A partial key.]
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Alternative spelling of subpage [(Internet) A web page that is subordinate to another.]
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(computing) A distinct part of an I/O channel associated with a specific device.
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Any of several channels of data added to a compact disc (or similar) that are used for indexing and tracking.
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(Internet) A comment posted on a forum etc. that is hierarchically beneath another comment, and usually in reply to it.
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A subsidiary console; an electronic device that monitors and controls a subset of the functions of a main console.
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(computing, Internet, rare) A cookie-like piece of data stored with others in a single cookie (so as to circumvent restrictions on the number of cookies a single web site may create).
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(computing, databases) A datasheet embedded within another datasheet, showing child records relating to a parent table.
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(computing, wordprocessing) A document making up part of a larger document.
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(computing, Internet) A domain name that has been prefaced with additional parts separated with periods.
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(video games) A minor or incidental game within a larger video game; a minigame.
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(computing) A header that appears below another header and describes a subsection of its contents.
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(databases) A subordinate or secondary join.
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(computing, Microsoft Windows) A key located beneath another key in the registry.
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(telecommunications) A message that makes up part of another message.
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(Internet) A web page that is subordinate to another.
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A puzzle making up part of a larger puzzle.
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A subsidiary screen making up part of a larger screen (especially the kind used for displaying computer output).
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(computing) A server that is subordinate to, or controlled by, another server.
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(chiefly computing) A service that forms part of a larger service.
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(computing) A child process launched by a shell.
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(computing, Internet) A website that is subordinate to another website and hosted in its entirety under that site's domain name.
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(computing) A thread of execution that is subordinate to another thread.
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(authorship) A heading below or after a title.
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(Internet, Microsoft FrontPage) A subsection of a web site.
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(Internet, rare) The domain to which a subdomain belongs.
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A program made up of subprograms.
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The symbol "™", consisting of the letters TM in superscript, used to indicate that a term is a trademark (whether registered or not).
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(medicine) Abbreviation of treatment. [The process or manner of treating someone or something.]
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(computing) Any identifier that is guaranteed to be unique among all others used for objects and for a specific purpose.
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