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22-letter words containing a, p, r, e, t

  • valencia simple tasker — (operating system)   (VSTa) A small microkernel based Unix-like operating system, taking ideas from QNX and Plan 9, available under GPL.
  • verification principle — (in the philosophy of the logical positivists) the doctrine that nontautologous statements are meaningful only if it is in principle possible to establish empirically whether they are true or false
  • video display terminal — Computers. a computer terminal consisting of a screen on which data or graphics can be displayed. Abbreviation: VDT.
  • video graphics adapter — Video Graphics Array
  • video graphics adaptor — Video Graphics Array
  • white australia policy — an unofficial term for an immigration policy designed to restrict the entry of non-White people into Australia
  • white-throated sparrow — a common North American finch, Zonotrichia albicollis, having a white patch on the throat and a black and white striped crown.
  • wi-fi protected access — (networking, security)   (WPA) A security scheme for wireless networks, developed by the networking industry in response to the shortcomings of Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP). WPA uses Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) encryption and provides built-in authentication, giving security comparable to VPN tunneling with WEP, with the benefit of easier administration and use.
  • within someone's grasp — If you say that something is within someone's grasp, you mean that it is very likely that they will achieve it.
  • workmen's compensation — compensation for death, injury, or accident suffered by a workman in the course of his employment and paid to him or his dependents
  • yosemite national park — a national park in E California. 1182 sq. mi. (3060 sq. km).
  • zero population growth — the maintenance of a population at a constant level by limiting the number of live births to that needed to replace the existing population.
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