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  • multithreading — (parallel)   Sharing a single CPU between multiple tasks (or "threads") in a way designed to minimise the time required to switch threads. This is accomplished by sharing as much as possible of the program execution environment between the different threads so that very little state needs to be saved and restored when changing thread. Multithreading differs from multitasking in that threads share more of their environment with each other than do tasks under multitasking. Threads may be distinguished only by the value of their program counters and stack pointers while sharing a single address space and set of global variables. There is thus very little protection of one thread from another, in contrast to multitasking. Multithreading can thus be used for very fine-grain multitasking, at the level of a few instructions, and so can hide latency by keeping the processor busy after one thread issues a long-latency instruction on which subsequent instructions in that thread depend. A light-weight process is somewhere between a thread and a full process.
  • neanderthaloid — resembling or characteristic of the physical type of Neanderthal man.
  • new netherland — a Dutch colony in North America (1613–64), comprising the area along the Hudson River and the lower Delaware River. By 1669 all of the land comprising this colony was taken over by England. Capital: New Amsterdam.
  • nonestablished — without the official support of the government
  • nonhalogenated — not containing halogen
  • northumberland — a county in NE England. 1943 sq. mi. (5030 sq. km).
  • notched collar — a collar forming a notch with the lapels of a garment at the seam where collar and lapels join.
  • outlandishness — The quality of being outlandish.
  • overhead light — a light which throws light downwards by being situated on the ceiling or having a downward shade, etc
  • pendulum watch — (formerly) a watch having a balance wheel, especially a balance wheel bearing a fake pendulum bob oscillating behind a window in the dial.
  • pentland firth — a strait between N Scotland and the Orkney Islands, linking the North Sea to the Atlantic Ocean: noted for its rough sea conditions. 14 miles (23 km) long.
  • photoduplicate — photocopy.
  • pitched battle — a battle in which the orderly arrangement of armed forces and the location have been predetermined.
  • play the field — an expanse of open or cleared ground, especially a piece of land suitable or used for pasture or tillage.
  • preestablished — to establish beforehand.
  • pseudo-ethical — pertaining to or dealing with morals or the principles of morality; pertaining to right and wrong in conduct.
  • radiotelegraph — a telegraph in which messages or signals are sent by means of radio waves rather than through wires or cables.
  • radiotelephone — a telephone in which sound or speech is transmitted by means of radio waves instead of through wires or cables.
  • radiotelephony — the constructing or operating of radiotelephones.
  • ride the rails — Someone who rides the rails travels by train, especially over a long period of time and without buying a ticket.
  • right and left — in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
  • rob the cradle — a small bed for an infant, usually on rockers.
  • saddle leather — hide, as from a cow or bull, that undergoes vegetable tanning and is used for saddlery.
  • satellite dish — dish (def 8).
  • scratchbuilder — a person who scratchbuilds
  • sheepdog trial — a competition in which sheepdogs are tested in their tasks
  • shoulder patch — a cloth emblem worn on the upper part of a sleeve of a uniform typically as identification of the organization to which the wearer is assigned.
  • shoulder strap — a strap worn over the shoulder, as to support a garment.
  • sidereal month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
  • simple-hearted — free of deceit; artless; sincere.
  • single-hearted — sincere and undivided in feeling or spirit; dedicated; not reflecting mixed emotions: He was single-hearted in his patriotism.
  • steely-hearted — hard-hearted
  • straight-laced — strait-laced (sense 2)
  • sulphacetamide — a topical antibiotic of the sulphonamide group, used to treat eye infections, as well as skin infections including acne
  • swing the lead — to malinger or make up excuses
  • take the field — an expanse of open or cleared ground, especially a piece of land suitable or used for pasture or tillage.
  • teaching elder — a minister in a Presbyterian church.
  • tetraethyllead — a colorless, oily, water-insoluble, poisonous liquid, (C 2 H 5) 4 Pb, used as an antiknock agent in gasoline.
  • texas hold 'em — a popular variety of poker in which each player can use any or all of five shared cards in combination with either or both of two private cards to form the best possible hand of five cards
  • the everglades — a subtropical marshy region of Florida, south of Lake Okeechobee: contains the Everglades National Park established to preserve the flora and fauna of the swamps. Area: over 13 000 sq km (5000 sq miles)
  • the federalist — a set of 85 articles by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, published in 1787 and 1788, analyzing the Constitution of the U.S. and urging its adoption
  • the lord's day — the Christian Sabbath; Sunday
  • the lower paid — people who do not earn a lot of money
  • the platteland — (in South Africa) the country districts or rural areas
  • the real world — if you talk about the real world, you are referring to the world and life in general, in contrast to a particular person's own life, experience, and ideas, which may seem untypical and unrealistic
  • the waste land — a poem (1922) by T. S. Eliot.
  • the wool trade — the business of buying and selling wool, formerly very important in Britain, Australia etc
  • the-federalist — a series of 85 essays (1787–88) by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, written in support of the Constitution.
  • thenard's blue — cobalt blue.
  • third quartile — (in a frequency distribution) the largest quartile; the 75th percentile; the value of the variable below which three quarters of the elements are located.
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