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  • bitmap display — (hardware)   A computer output device where each pixel displayed on the monitor screen corresponds directly to one or more bits in the computer's video memory. Such a display can be updated extremely rapidly since changing a pixel involves only a single processor write to memory compared with a terminal or VDU connected via a serial line where the speed of the serial line limits the speed at which the display can be changed. Most modern personal computers and workstations have bitmap displays, allowing the efficient use of graphical user interfaces, interactive graphics and a choice of on-screen fonts. Some more expensive systems still delegate graphics operations to dedicated hardware such as graphics accelerators. The bitmap display might be traced back to the earliest days of computing when the Manchester University Mark I(?) computer, developed by F.C. Williams and T. Kilburn shortly after the Second World War. This used a storage tube as its working memory. Phosphor dots were used to store single bits of data which could be read by the user and interpreted as binary numbers.
  • blind stamping — an impression on a book cover without using colour or gold leaf
  • blue mountains — a mountain range in the US, in NE Oregon and SE Washington. Highest peak: Rock Creek Butte, 2773 m (9097 ft)
  • breast implant — an object such as a sachet filled with gel introduced surgically into a woman's breast to enlarge it
  • british malaya — a comprehensive term for the former British possessions on the Malay Peninsula and the Malay Archipelago: now part of Malaysia.
  • caramelisation — (chiefly British) alternative spelling of caramelization.
  • centripetalism — the movement of things towards a centre
  • cephalometrics — The measurement and analysis of the craniofacial area, especially as an aid to dental or orthodontic procedures.
  • chemosterilant — any process or chemical compound that can produce sterility, used esp. in insect control
  • chisholm trail — cattle trail from San Antonio, Tex., to Abilene, Kans.: important from 1865 until the 1880s
  • cholestyramine — a drug that reduces and prevents re-absorption of bile in the body
  • christmas club — a savings account in a bank in which regular deposits are made, usually throughout one year, as to provide funds for Christmas shopping.
  • christmas seal — a decorative stamp sold by some charitable organizations during the Christmas season to raise money.
  • circumstantial — Circumstantial evidence is evidence that makes it seem likely that something happened, but does not prove it.
  • cleptomaniacs' — kleptomania.
  • climatologists — Plural form of climatologist.
  • compatibilists — Plural form of compatibilist.
  • compatibleness — The state or quality of being compatible.
  • compensability — eligibility for compensation
  • compensational — the act or state of compensating, as by rewarding someone for service or by making up for someone's loss, damage, or injury by giving the injured party an appropriate benefit.
  • compostability — The quality of being compostable.
  • contemplations — Plural form of contemplation.
  • contemplatives — Plural form of contemplative.
  • continentalism — an attitude, expression, etc., characteristic of a continent, especially of Europe.
  • contractualism — any of various theories that justify moral principles and political choices because they depend on a social contract involving certain ideal conditions, as lack of ignorance or uncertainty.
  • contumaciously — stubbornly perverse or rebellious; willfully and obstinately disobedient.
  • cosmeceuticals — Plural form of cosmeceutical.
  • cosmetological — the art or profession of applying cosmetics.
  • cosmopolitical — relating to all polities
  • court martials — military courts that try people subject to military law
  • criminalistics — the scientific study of criminal evidence
  • cross-modality — the ability to integrate information acquired through separate senses.
  • cumulativeness — The state or quality of being cumulative.
  • decimal system — the number system in general use, having a base of ten, in which numbers are expressed by combinations of the ten digits 0 to 9
  • decimalisation — Conversion to a decimal system.
  • dematerialised — Simple past tense and past participle of dematerialise.
  • dematerializes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dematerialize.
  • demilitarising — Present participle of demilitarise.
  • demobilisation — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of demobilization.
  • demoralisation — Alternative spelling of demoralization.
  • dermatologists — Plural form of dermatologist.
  • diazonium salt — any of a class of compounds with the general formula ArN:N–M+, where Ar is an aryl group and M is a metal atom; made by the action of nitrous acid on aromatic amines and used in dyeing
  • dimensionality — Mathematics. a property of space; extension in a given direction: A straight line has one dimension, a parallelogram has two dimensions, and a parallelepiped has three dimensions. the generalization of this property to spaces with curvilinear extension, as the surface of a sphere. the generalization of this property to vector spaces and to Hilbert space. the generalization of this property to fractals, which can have dimensions that are noninteger real numbers. extension in time: Space-time has three dimensions of space and one of time.
  • discombobulate — to confuse or disconcert; upset; frustrate: The speaker was completely discombobulated by the hecklers.
  • discomfortable — an absence of comfort or ease; uneasiness, hardship, or mild pain.
  • discriminately — to make a distinction in favor of or against a person or thing on the basis of the group, class, or category to which the person or thing belongs rather than according to actual merit; show partiality: The new law discriminates against foreigners. He discriminates in favor of his relatives.
  • dissimulations — Plural form of dissimulation.
  • documentalists — Plural form of documentalist.
  • dogmaticalness — The quality of being dogmatical.
  • eco-capitalism — the theory or practice of a free-market economy in which natural resources are regarded as capital and profits are partially dependent on environmental protection and sustainability
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