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  • correspondence school — an educational institution that offers tuition (correspondence courses) by post
  • correspondence theory — the theory of truth that a statement is rendered true by the existence of a fact with corresponding elements and a similar structure.
  • counterdemonstrations — Plural form of counterdemonstration.
  • crittenden compromise — a series of constitutional amendments proposed in Congress in 1860 to serve as a compromise between proslavery and antislavery factions, one of which would have permitted slavery in the territories south but not north of latitude 36°30′N.
  • darby and joan settee — a settee having a back resembling two chair backs.
  • darken someone's door — to visit someone
  • data set organization — (operating system, storage)   (DSORG) An IBM term for file structure. These include PS physical sequential, DA direct access, IS indexed sequential, PO partitioned (a library). This system dates from OS/360, and breaks down beginning with VSAM and VTAM, where it is no longer applied. Sequential and indexed data sets can be accessed using either a "basic" or a "queued" "access method." For example a DSORG=PS file can use either BSAM (basic sequential access method) or QSAM (queued sequential access method). It can also be processed as a direct file using BDAM. Likewise a library can be processed using BPAM (basic partitioned access method), BSAM, QSAM, or BDAM. DSORG and access method are somewhat, but not completely, orthogonal. The "basic" access method deals with physical blocks rather than records, and usually provides more control over the specific device. Each I/O operation using the "basic" access method reads or writes a single block. A "basic" read or write starts an asynchronous I/O operation, and the programmer is responsible for waiting for completion and checking for errors. The "queued" access method deals with logical records and provides blocking and deblocking services. It is "queued" because it provides read-ahead and write-behind services. While a program is processing records in one input block, for example, QSAM may be reading one or more blocks ahead. Queued "get" or "put" operations are synchronous as far as the programmer is concerned. The operation is complete when the next logical record has been successfully processed. EXCP (Execute Channel Program) is a lower-level method of accessing data. IBM manuals usually named "Data Administration Guide", e.g. SC26-4505-1 for MVS/ESA DFP 3.1, provide more detail about data set organizations and access methods.
  • decompression chamber — a chamber in which the pressure of air can be varied slowly for returning people from abnormal pressures to atmospheric pressure without inducing decompression sickness
  • delusions of grandeur — If someone has delusions of grandeur, they think and behave as if they are much more important or powerful than they really are.
  • democratic centralism — the Leninist principle that policy should be decided centrally by officials, who are nominally democratically elected
  • department of defense — the department of the U.S. federal government charged with ensuring that the military capacity of the U.S. is adequate to safeguard the national security. Abbreviation: DOD.
  • department of justice — the department of the U.S. federal government charged with the responsibility for the enforcement of federal laws. Abbreviation: DOJ.
  • deployment descriptor — (programming)   (DD) A J2EE configuration file.
  • deprovincialization's — to make provincial in character.
  • disassortative mating — the reproductive pairing of individuals that have traits more dissimilar than would likely be the case if mating were random (contrasted with assortative mating).
  • discretionary account — an account in which the stockbroker is allowed complete control over the purchase and sale of securities on the customer's behalf.
  • disk operating system — DOS.
  • disruptive technology — A disruptive technology is a new technology, such as computers and the Internet, which has a rapid and major effect on technologies that existed before.
  • distinctiveness ratio — the ratio of the relative frequency of some event in a given sample to that in the general population or another relevant sample
  • divine right of kings — the doctrine that the right of rule derives directly from God, not from the consent of the people.
  • double predestination — the doctrine that God has foreordained both those who will be saved and those who will be damned.
  • double spanish burton — a tackle having one standing block and two running blocks, giving a mechanical advantage of five, neglecting friction.
  • draft once reuse many — (jargon)   (DORUM) Reusing parts of a document to produce parts of an entirely new document. The term normally refers to text documents but the practise is equally common in programming.
  • drop in someone's lap — give someone the responsibility of
  • dumfries and galloway — a region in S Scotland. 2460 sq. mi. (6371 sq. km).
  • easier said than done — difficult to do
  • eccles-jordan circuit — flip-flop
  • endoplasmic reticulum — an extensive intracellular membrane system whose functions include synthesis and transport of lipids and, in regions where ribosomes are attached, of proteins
  • environmental studies — a university course studying the environment and related issues
  • extensible vax editor — (text, tool)   (EVE) A DEC product implemented using DEC's Text Processing Utility (TPU).
  • false memory syndrome — a psychological condition in which a person believes that he or she remembers events that have not actually occurred.
  • false-memory syndrome — a psychological condition in which a person believes that he or she remembers events that have not actually occurred.
  • flip someone the bird — give someone the finger (see phrase under finger)
  • food conversion ratio — a ratio expressing the weight of food required to produce a unit gain in the live weight of an animal
  • food standards agency — the full form of FDA
  • foreground processing — a type of processing that supports interaction between interactive and batch operations
  • foreign correspondent — a correspondent, as for a periodical, assigned to send back articles and news dispatches from a foreign country for publication.
  • fraudulent conversion — conversion committed with the intent to defraud
  • free alongside vessel — (of a shipment of goods) delivered to the dock without charge to the buyer, but excluding the cost of loading onto the vessel
  • freedom of expression — the unrestrained right to voice ideas, opinions, etc
  • french fried potatoes — a more formal name for chips
  • from dan to beersheba — from one end of Israel to the other: Judg. 20:1
  • gas analysis recorder — A gas analysis recorder is a device which samples, records, and analyses gas.
  • gas blanketed storage — Gas blanketed storage is the use of gas to fill empty space in a storage tank.
  • gender disappointment — a feeling of depression or anxiety experienced by an expectant parent when the gender of the baby does not match his or her preference
  • gideons international — an interdenominational lay society organized in 1899 to place Bibles in hotel rooms.
  • gird (up) one's loins — to get ready to do something difficult or strenuous
  • give sb the runaround — If someone gives you the runaround, they deliberately do not give you all the information or help that you want, and send you to another person or place to get it.
  • give someone the bird — to tell someone rudely to depart; scoff at; hiss
  • goldbach's conjecture — the conjecture that every even number greater than two is the sum of two prime numbers
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