ALL meanings of overhead
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O o - noun Technical meaning of overhead 1. Resources (in computing usually processing time or storage space) consumed for purposes which are incidental to, but necessary to, the main one. Overheads are usually quantifiable "costs" of some kind. Examples: The overheads in running a business include the cost of heating the building. Keeping a program running all the time eliminates the overhead of loading and initialising it for each transaction. Turning a subroutine into inline code eliminates the call and return time overhead for each execution but introduces space overheads. 2. (communications) information, such as control, routing, and error checking characters, that is transmitted along with the user data. It also includes information such as network status or operational instructions, network routing information, and retransmissions of user data received in error. 3. Overhead transparencies or "slides" (usually 8-1/2" x 11") that are projected to an audience via an overhead (flatbed) projector. 1
- adverb overhead over one's head; aloft; up in the air or sky, especially near the zenith: There was a cloud overhead. 1
- adverb overhead so as to be completely submerged or deeply involved: to plunge overhead in water; to sink overhead in debt. 1
- adjective overhead situated, operating, or passing above, aloft, or over the head: an overhead sprinkler system. 1
- adjective overhead of or relating to the general cost of running a business: overhead expenses; an overhead charge. 1
- noun overhead the general, fixed cost of running a business, as rent, lighting, and heating expenses, which cannot be charged or attributed to a specific product or part of the work operation. 1
- noun overhead Accounting. that part of manufacturing costs for which cost per unit produced is not readily assignable. 1
- noun overhead (in a hoistway) the distance between the last floor level served and the beam supporting the hoisting sheaves or machinery. 1
- noun overhead (in racket sports) a stroke in which the ball or shuttlecock is hit with a downward motion from above the head; smash. 1
- noun overhead an overhead compartment, shelf, etc.: Pillows are in the overhead above each passenger's seat. 1
- noun overhead Also called overhead shot. Movies, Television. a shot in which the camera is positioned above the actors, especially directly overhead. 1
- noun overhead a ceiling light in a room: Turn off the overheads when you leave. 1
- noun overhead Also called overhead projector. a projector capable of projecting images above and behind the person operating it, thus allowing a lecturer or speaker to remain facing the audience while using it. 1
- noun overhead Also called overhead projection. a picture or image projected in this manner: a lecture enhanced with overheads. 1
- adverb overhead above people's heads 1
- noun overhead airplane: compartment 1
- noun plural overhead business: basic expenses 1
- noun overhead overhead projector 1
- noun overhead racket sports: stroke 1
- adjective overhead You use overhead to indicate that something is above you or above the place that you are talking about. 0
- adjective overhead Overhead is also an adverb. 0
- adjective overhead situated or operating above head height or some other reference level 0
- adjective overhead inclusive 0
- adverb overhead over or above head height, esp in the sky 0
- noun overhead a stroke in racket games played from above head height 0
- noun overhead (as modifier) 0
- noun overhead the interior lining above one's head below decks in a vessel 0
- noun overhead of, concerned with, or resulting from overheads 0
- adjective overhead located or operating above the level of the head 0
- adjective overhead designating a door, as of a garage, that moves into place overhead when opened 0
- adjective overhead in the sky 0
- adjective overhead on a higher level, with reference to related objects 0
- adjective overhead having to do with the overhead of a business 0
- adjective overhead made with a downward motion from above the head 0
- noun overhead the general, continuing costs involved in running a business, as of rent, maintenance, utilities, etc. 0
- noun overhead the ceiling of a compartment 0
- noun overhead a type of shot, as in tennis, made with a hard, overhead stroke 0
- adverb overhead above the level of the head; aloft 0
- noun overhead Overheads are the regular and essential expenses of running a business, such as salaries, rent, and bills. 0