25-letter words containing f, e, m
- time domain reflectometer — (hardware, networking) (TDR) An electronic device for detecting and locating short- or open-circuits in an Ethernet cable. TDRs can also measure how the characteristic impedance of a line varies along its length.
- to be on first-name terms — (of two people) knowing each other well enough to call each other by their first names, rather than having to use a more formal title.
- to catch sight of someone — If you catch sight of someone, you suddenly see them, often briefly.
- to give someone free rein — If you give free rein to someone, you give them a lot of freedom to do what they want.
- to jump out of one's skin — If something makes you jump out of your skin, it surprises or shocks you very much.
- to someone's satisfaction — If you do something to someone's satisfaction, they are happy with the way that you have done it.
- too close etc for comfort — If you say that something is, for example, too close for comfort, you mean you are worried because it is closer than you would like it to be.
- unified modeling language — (language) (UML) A non-proprietary, third generation modelling language. The Unified Modeling Language is an open method used to specify, visualise, construct and document the artifacts of an object-oriented software-intensive system under development. The UML represents a compilation of "best engineering practices" which have proven successful in modelling large, complex systems. UML succeeds the concepts of Booch, OMT and OOSE by fusing them into a single, common and widely usable modelling language. UML aims to be a standard modelling language which can model concurrent and distributed systems. UML is not an industry standard, but is taking shape under the auspices of the Object Management Group (OMG). OMG has called for information on object-oriented methodologies, that might create a rigorous software modelling language. Many industry leaders have responded in earnest to help create the standard. See also: STP, IDE.
- uniform naming convention — Universal Naming Convention
- uniform resource citation — (web) (URC) A set of attribute/value pairs describing an object. Some of the values may be URIs of various kinds. Others may include, for example, athorship, publisher, datatype, date, copyright status and shoe size. A URC is not normally considered as a string, but a set of fields and values with some defined free formatting.
- where do we go from here? — If someone says 'Where do we go from here?' they are asking what should be done next, usually because a problem has not been solved in a satisfactory way.