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graphic language — For specifying graphic operations.
graphics adapter — graphics adaptor
graphics adaptor — (hardware, graphics) (Or "graphics adapter", "graphics card", "video adaptor", etc.) A circuit board fitted to a computer, especially an IBM PC, containing the necessary video memory and other electronics to provide a bitmap display. Adaptors vary in the resolution (number of pixels) and number of colours they can display, and in the refresh rate they support. These parameters are also limited by the monitor to which the adaptor is connected. A number of such display standards, e.g. SVGA, have become common and different software requires or supports different sets.
gravity decanter — A gravity decanter is a vessel or stage in which two liquids of different densities are allowed to separate by gravity.
great-grandchild — a grandchild of one's son or daughter.
great-grandniece — a granddaughter of one's nephew or niece.
greyhound racing — a sport in which a mechanically propelled dummy hare is pursued by greyhounds around a race track
grid declination — the angular difference between true north and grid north on a map
hacienda heights — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
hailing distance — the distance within which the human voice can be heard: They sailed within hailing distance of the island.
hamming distance — (data) The minimum number of bits that must be changed in order to convert one bit string into another. Named after the mathematician Richard Hamming.
hamming, richard — Richard Hamming
handling charges — a fee paid to cover the packaging, transport, etc, of a commodity
hanseatic league — a medieval league of towns of northern Germany and adjacent countries for the promotion and protection of commerce.
hard rock mining — (loosely) of or relating to igneous or metamorphic rocks, as in mining (hard-rock mining) and geology (hard-rock geology)
harvard graphics — (graphics, tool) A presentation graphics product by Software Publishing Corporation (SPC) for creating presentations, speeches, slides, etc..
hieroglyphically — In hieroglyphics.
high renaissance — a style of art developed in Italy in the late 15th and early 16th centuries, chiefly characterized by an emphasis on draftsmanship, schematized, often centralized compositions, and the illusion of sculptural volume in painting. Compare Early Renaissance, Venetian (def 2).
high-maintenance — needing frequent maintenance or repair: My bike is high-maintenance; this is its third front wheel this month.
high-muck-a-muck — an important, influential, or high-ranking person, especially one who is pompous or conceited.
high-performance — A high-performance car or other product goes very fast or does a lot.
higher education — education beyond high school, specifically that provided by colleges and graduate schools, and professional schools.
holographic will — a will that is entirely in the handwriting of the testator: in some states recognized as valid without the attestation of witnesses.
homeric laughter — loud, hearty laughter, as of the gods.
horseback riding — activity: riding a horse
horsetail agaric — the shaggy-mane.
huffman encoding — Huffman coding
huntington beach — a city in SW California, SE of Los Angeles.
hydraulic mining — placer mining using a pressurized stream of water.
hydrogen cyanide — a colorless poisonous gas, HCN, having a bitter almondlike odor: in aqueous solution it forms hydrocyanic acid.
hyperconjugation — (organic chemistry) A weak form of conjugation in which single bonds interact with a conjugated system.
hypnagogic image — an image experienced by a person just before falling asleep, which often resembles a hallucination
hypnagogic state — the drowsy period between wakefulness and sleep, during which fantasies and hallucinations often occur.
image consultant — imagemaker.
image processing — (graphics) Computer manipulation of images. Some of the many algorithms used in image processing include convolution (on which many others are based), FFT, DCT, thinning (or skeletonisation), edge detection and contrast enhancement. These are usually implemented in software but may also use special purpose hardware for speed. Image processing contrasts with computer graphics, which is usually more concerned with the generation of artificial images, and visualisation, which attempts to understand (real-world) data by displaying it as an artificial image (e.g. a graph). Image processing is used in image recognition and computer vision. See also Pilot European Image Processing Archive.
imago europe plc — A UK Internet provider. There sevice is called Imago On-line. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
import surcharge — a tax imposed on all imported goods, adding to any established tariffs
indecency charge — an accusation of committing indecency
indiscriminating — not discriminating.
integer specrate — SPECrate_int92
inter-packet gap — (networking) A time delay between successive data packets mandated by the network standard for protocol reasons. In Ethernet, the medium has to be "silent" (i.e., no data transfer) for a few microseconds before a node can consider the network idle and start to transmit. This is necessary for fairness reasons. The delay time, which approximately equals the signal propagation time on the cable, allows the "silence" to reach the far end so that all nodes consider the net idle.
interlaced image — progressive coding
irrigation ditch — trench supplying land with water
isoplastic graft — syngraft.
kentucky windage — a method of correcting for windage, gravity, etc., by aiming a weapon to one side of the target instead of by adjusting the sights.
kilogram calorie — kilocalorie.
knitting machine — machine that knits yarn into fabric
lacto-vegetarian — a vegetarian whose diet includes dairy produce and eggs
lactovegetarians — Plural form of lactovegetarian.
laughing jackass — kookaburra.

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