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16-letter words containing k, p

  • hopfield network — (artificial intelligence)   (Or "Hopfield model") A kind of neural network investigated by John Hopfield in the early 1980s. The Hopfield network has no special input or output neurons (see McCulloch-Pitts), but all are both input and output, and all are connected to all others in both directions (with equal weights in the two directions). Input is applied simultaneously to all neurons which then output to each other and the process continues until a stable state is reached, which represents the network output.
  • imperfect market — a market where buyers or sellers can influence the market, and there is a lack of product information
  • in lockstep with — progressing at exactly the same speed and in the same direction as other people or things, esp as a matter of course rather than by choice
  • information pack — a set of leaflets giving information about something
  • ink-jet printing — a high-speed typing or printing process in which charged droplets of ink issuing from nozzles are directed onto paper under computer control.
  • inter-packet gap — (networking)   A time delay between successive data packets mandated by the network standard for protocol reasons. In Ethernet, the medium has to be "silent" (i.e., no data transfer) for a few microseconds before a node can consider the network idle and start to transmit. This is necessary for fairness reasons. The delay time, which approximately equals the signal propagation time on the cable, allows the "silence" to reach the far end so that all nodes consider the net idle.
  • kaposi's sarcoma — a form of skin cancer found in Africans and more recently in victims of AIDS
  • keep an eye open — to watch with special attention (for)
  • keep on a string — to have control or a hold over (someone), esp emotionally
  • keep one's place — a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
  • keep pace (with) — to go at the same speed (as)
  • keep under wraps — not reveal
  • kellner eyepiece — a Ramsden eyepiece having an achromatic lens, used in binoculars.
  • kepler telescope — astronomical telescope.
  • key note speaker — a person who delivers a keynote address.
  • khakass republic — a constituent republic of S central Russia, formerly in Krasnoyarsk Territory: formed in 1930. Capital: Abakan. Pop: 546 100 (2002). Area: 61 900 sq km (23 855 sq miles)
  • kidney corpuscle — Malpighian corpuscle.
  • kipp's apparatus — a laboratory apparatus for producing a gas, usually hydrogen sulphide, by the action of a liquid on a solid without heating
  • kiss and make up — be reconciled
  • kleptoparasitism — The parasitic theft of captured prey, nest material, etc. from animals of the same or another species.
  • knapsack problem — the problem of determining which numbers from a given collection of numbers have been added together to yield a specific sum: used in cryptography to encipher (and sometimes decipher) messages.
  • knitting pattern — a pattern that tells you how to knit a garment or another object
  • knock for a loop — a portion of a cord, ribbon, etc., folded or doubled upon itself so as to leave an opening between the parts.
  • know one's place — a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
  • large-print book — a book where the text is printed in larger text than normal, so as to make it easier to read, esp for the visually impaired
  • laurentides park — a national park in SE Canada, in Quebec province between the St. Lawrence and Lake St. John.
  • leap in the dark — to spring through the air from one point or position to another; jump: to leap over a ditch.
  • lick one's chops — Usually, chops. the jaw.
  • lipstick lesbian — a lesbian who is feminine in manner or appearance; a femme.
  • look up and down — to search everywhere
  • mad-dog skullcap — a North American skullcap, Scutellaria lateriflora, having underground stems and one-sided clusters of blue to white flowers.
  • magnetic pick-up — a type of record player pick-up in which the stylus moves an iron core in a coil, causing a changing magnetic field that produces the current
  • make a complaint — If a guest makes a complaint, they express their dissatisfaction with something.
  • make a photocopy — If you make a photocopy of a document, you make a copy of it using a photocopier.
  • make a pitch for — to give verbal support to
  • man booker prize — an annual prize for a work of Commonwealth or Irish fiction of £50,000, awarded as the Booker Prize from 1969–2002
  • mock turtle soup — a rich, clear soup prepared to resemble green turtle soup, made with a calf's head or other meat, seasonings, and often with wine.
  • morris plan bank — a private banking organization, formerly common in the U.S., designed primarily to grant small loans to industrial workers.
  • network computer — a relatively inexpensive computer with minimal processing power, designed primarily to provide access to computer networks, as corporate intranets or the Internet. Abbreviation: NC.
  • network operator — (job)   A person who monitors and maintains the operation of a communications network. A network operator troubleshoots hardware (cables, routers, network switches, hubs, network adaptors), software, and transmission problems.
  • network provider — a business or organization that provides customers with access to a telecommunications network (esp mobile phone networks) or to the internet
  • network topology — (networking)   The "shape" of a network, how the nodes are connected to each other. Common topologies are bus network, star network and ring network.
  • okefenokee swamp — a large wooded swamp area in SE Georgia.
  • packet switching — a method of efficient data transmission whereby the initial message is broken into relatively small units, or packets, that are routed independently and subsequently reassembled.
  • packet-switching — a method of efficient data transmission whereby the initial message is broken into relatively small units, or packets, that are routed independently and subsequently reassembled.
  • packing fraction — Physics. a measure of the stability of an atomic nucleus, equal to 10 4 multiplied by the mass defect and divided by the mass number.
  • pain in the neck — source of annoyance
  • parallel haskell — (language, parallel)   (pH) A parallel variant of Haskell incorporating ideas from Id and Sisal. pH is under development. Mailing list: [email protected]
  • parallel parking — parking along curb in line with other vehicles
  • parkerhouse roll — a yeast roll shaped by folding over a flat, round piece of buttered dough
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