28-letter words containing e, n, t, r
- (whether you) like it or not — If you say that something will happen or is true like it or not, or whether someone likes it or not, you mean that although the situation may be unpleasant, it has to be faced.
- a poster child for something — a person who is a good, or typical example of something; a prominent exemplar of something
- a shot across someone's bows — a warning
- a tools integration standard — (software, library) (ATIS) An object-oriented interface to a set of services that allows the saving, accessing and managing of information in a common repository. Developed by Atherton Technology and DEC, based on an extended version of the Software BackPlane, proposed as an industry standard.
- absolute index of refraction — a number indicating the speed of light in a given medium as either the ratio of the speed of light in a vacuum to that in the given medium (absolute index of refraction) or the ratio of the speed of light in a specified medium to that in the given medium (relative index of refraction) Symbol: n.
- active reconfiguring message — (hardware) (ARM) An efficient mechanism which allows reconfiguration of the hardware logic of a system according to the particular data received or transmitted. In ARM each message contains extra information in a Reconfiguring Header in addition to the data to be transferred. Upon arrival of the message the Reconfiguring Header is extracted, decoded and used to perform on-the-fly hardware reconfiguration. As soon as the hardware has been reconfigured the data information of the message can be processed.
- acute necrotizing gingivitis — trench mouth. Abbreviation: ANG.
- address verification service — Address verification service is a system which, in order to limit credit card fraud, permits merchants to electronically check a buyer's billing address against the credit card holder's address to see if they match.
- advanced encryption standard — (cryptography, algorithm) (AES) The NIST's replacement for the Data Encryption Standard (DES). The Rijndael /rayn-dahl/ symmetric block cipher, designed by Joan Daemen and Vincent Rijmen, was chosen by a NIST contest to be AES. AES is Federal Information Processing Standard FIPS-197. AES currently supports 128, 192 and 256-bit keys and encryption blocks, but may be extended in multiples of 32 bits.
- against your better judgment — If something is against your better judgment, you believe that it would be more sensible or better not to do it.
- american antislavery society — a society, founded in 1833 and led by William Lloyd Garrison, to abolish slavery.
- american federation of labor — the first permanent national labour movement in America, founded in 1886. It amalgamated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955
- angiotensin receptor blocker — any of a class of drugs that block the uptake of angiotensin: used in the treatment of high blood pressure
- antiballistic missile treaty — an agreement between the U.S. and U.S.S.R., signed May 26, 1972, limiting the number of ABM deployment areas, launchers, and interceptors.
- antidisestablishmentarianism — opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, especially the Anglican Church in 19th-century England.
- apple-touch-icon-precomposed — (programming) An alternative form of apple-touch-icon that is not subject to automatic modification (rounding, drop-shadow, reflective shine) as applied by iOS versions prior to iOS 7. A web page specifies a pre-composed icon by including an element in the like:
- application binary interface — (programming) (ABI) The interface by which an application program gains access to operating system and other services. It should be possible to run the same compiled binary applications on any system with the right ABI. Examples are 88open's Binary Compatibility Standard, the PowerOpen Environment and Windows sockets.
- application service provider — (business, networking) (ASP) A service (usually a business) that provides remote access to an application program across a network protocol, typically HTTP. A common example is a website that other websites use for accepting payment by credit card as part of their online ordering systems. As this term is complex-sounding but vague, it is widely used by marketroids who want to avoid being specific and clear at all costs.
- association for simula users — (body) See SIMULA. Address: Royal Institute of Technology, S-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden.
- at the discretion of someone — If something happens at someone's discretion, it can happen only if they decide to do it or give their permission.
- at your earliest convenience — as soon as possible
- attribute translation system — (grammar, tool) (ATS) A BNF-based parser generator from the University of Saskatchewan(?). ATS generates table-driven LL1 parsers with full insert-only error recovery. It also has full left-attribute semantic handling, which is a dream compared to using YACC's parser actions.
- augmented transition network — (in certain schools of linguistics) a formalism, usually expressed as a diagram, having the power of a Turing machine, used as the basis of processes transforming sentences into their syntactic representations
- australian capital territory — a territory of SE Australia, within New South Wales: consists of two exclaves, one containing Canberra, the capital of Australia, and one at Jervis Bay (the latter sometimes regarded as a separate entity). Pop: 373 100 (2012 est)
- automated engineering design — (language) (AED) (Or "ALGOL Extended for Design") A systems language for the IBM 7090 and IBM 360 developed at MIT System Laboratory ca. 1965 by a team led by Douglas T. Ross (now at Softech). AED is an extension of ALGOL 60 with records ("plexes"), pointers, and dynamic allocation. DYNAMO II was written in AED, as was the first BCPL compiler. Versions: AED-0, AED-1, AED-JR.
- bath and north east somerset — a unitary authority in SW England, in Somerset; formerly (1974–96) part of the county of Avon. Pop: 170 900 (2003 est). Area: 351 sq km (136 sq miles)
- be gathered to one's fathers — to die
- benign prostatic hyperplasia — a benign condition in which the prostate gland becomes enlarged due to an increase in the number of prostatic cells, usually affecting the flow of urine.
- between scylla and charybdis — in a predicament in which avoidance of either of two dangers means exposure to the other
- bite your nails to the quick — If someone bites their nails to the quick, they bite off all the white part at the end of each nail.
- borland software corporation — (company) A company that sells a variety of PC software development and database systems. Borland was founded in 1983 and initially became famous for their low-cost software, particularly Turbo Pascal, Turbo C, and Turbo Prolog. Current and past products include the Borland C++ C++ and C developement environment, the Paradox and dBASE databases, Delphi, JBuilder, and InterBase. Borland has approximately 1000 employees worldwide and has operations in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. Borland sold Quattro Pro to Novell in 1994 for $100M. Novell later sold the product to Corel Corporation, who also bought Paradox. dBASE was sold in March(?) 1999 to dBase Inc. In Febuary 1998 Borland bought Visigenic Software, Inc.. The company changed its name to Inprise Corporation on 1998-04-29 and then on 2000-11-14 they announced they were changing it back to Borland from the first quarter of 2001. Quarterly sales $69M, profits $61M (Aug 1994). $56M, $6.4M (July 2001) Headquarters: 100 Borland Way, Scotts Valley, CA, 95066, USA. Telephone: +1 (408) 431 1000.
- bright eyed and bushy tailed — having bright eyes.
- bright-eyed and bushy-tailed — keen, confident, and alert
- bring a child into the world — If a woman brings a child into the world, she gives birth to it.
- bring something to its knees — to cause something to be in a weakened or impoverished state
- british standard fine thread — a screw thread having a Whitworth profile but a finer pitch for a given diameter
- british standard pipe thread — a screw thread of Whitworth profile used for piping and designated by the bore of the pipe
- burn the candle at both ends — to exhaust oneself, esp by being up late and getting up early to work
- burst extended data out dram — (storage) (Burst EDO, BEDO) A variant on EDO DRAM in which read or write cycles are batched in bursts of four. The bursts wrap around on a four byte boundary which means that only the two least significant bits of the CAS address are modified internally to produce each address of the burst sequence. Consequently, burst EDO bus speeds will range from 40MHz to 66MHz, well above the 33MHz bus speeds that can be accomplished using Fast Page Mode or EDO DRAM. Burst EDO was introduced sometime before May 1995.
- by main force (or strength) — by sheer force (or strength)
- can't tell chalk from cheese — to be unable to judge or appreciate important differences
- case data interchange format — (CDIF) An emerging standard for interchange of data between CASE tools.
- cerebrospinal nervous system — central nervous system.
- certificate of admeasurement — a certificate issued by a government authority, showing the registered tonnages of a commercial vessel.
- certificate of incorporation — a signed statement by the Registrar of Companies that a company is duly incorporated
- charge d'affaires ad interim — Also called chargé d'affaires ad interim. an official placed in charge of diplomatic business during the temporary absence of the ambassador or minister.
- chief cook and bottle washer — chief cook and bottlewasher, a person who does a wide variety of routine, sometimes menial, tasks: He's not just sales manager, he's the chief cook and bottlewasher in this firm.
- college of further education — an institution that provides further education
- commercial internet exchange — (networking, body) (CIX) The CIX is a non-profit, 501(c)6, trade association coordinating Internet services. Its member organisations provide TCP/IP or OSI data internetwork services to the general public. The CIX gives them unrestricted access to other worldwide networks. It also takes an interest in the development and future direction of the Internet. The CIX provides a neutral forum to exchange ideas, information, and experimental projects among suppliers of internetworking services. The CIX broadens the base of national and international cooperation and coordination among member networks. Together, the membership may develop consensus positions on legislative and policy issues of mutual interest. The CIX encourages technical research and development for the mutual benefit of suppliers and customers of data communications internetworking services. It assists its member networks in the establishment of, and adherence to, operational, technical, and administrative policies and standards necessary to ensure fair, open, and competitive operations and communication among member networks. CIX policies are formulated by a member-elected board of directors.
- common intermediate language — (language) (CIL)
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