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  • direct mapped cache — (architecture)   A cache where the cache location for a given address is determined from the middle address bits. If the cache line size is 2^n then the bottom n address bits correspond to an offset within a cache entry. If the cache can hold 2^m entries then the next m address bits give the cache location. The remaining top address bits are stored as a "tag" along with the entry. In this scheme, there is no choice of which block to flush on a cache miss since there is only one place for any block to go. This simple scheme has the disadvantage that if the program alternately accesses different addresses which map to the same cache location then it will suffer a cache miss on every access to these locations. This kind of cache conflict is quite likely on a multi-processor. See also fully associative cache, set associative cache.
  • disaster capitalism — the practice (by a government, regime, etc) of taking advantage of a major disaster to adopt liberal economic policies that the population would be less likely to accept under normal circumstances
  • discriminated union — (theory)   The discriminated union of two sets A and B is A + B = {(inA, a) | a in A} U {(inB, b)| b in B} where inA and inB are arbitrary tags which specify which summand an element originates from. A type (especially an algebraic data type) might be described as a discriminated union if it is a sum type whose objects consist of a tag to say which part of the union they belong to and a value of the corresponding type.
  • disenfranchisements — Plural form of disenfranchisement.
  • dispatch department — the department of an organization responsible for the dispatch of orders
  • disseminated cancer — a cancerous tumour that has spread from the site of original growth to a secondary site
  • domain architecture — (systems analysis)   A generic, organisational structure or design for software systems in a domain. The domain architecture contains the designs that are intended to satisfy requirements specified in the domain model. A domain architecture can be adapted to create designs for software systems within a domain and also provides a framework for configuring assets within individual software systems.
  • dynamic translation — (architecture)   A virtual machine implementation approach, used to speed up execution of byte-code programs. To execute a program unit such as a method or a function, the virtual machine compiles its bytecodes into (hardware) machine code. The translated code is also placed in a cache, so that next time that unit's machine code can be executed immediately, without repeating the translation. This technique was pioneered by the commercial Smalltalk implementation currently known as VisualWorks, in the early 1980s. Currently it is also used by some implementations of the Java Virtual Machine under the name JIT (Just In Time compilation).
  • elastic deformation — In elastic deformation a material changes shape when a stress is applied to it but goes back to its original state when the stress is removed.
  • elastomeric closure — An elastomeric closure is a component that closes a piece of packaging. An elastomeric closure is made from a material that is able to resume its original shape when it is removed from the packaging and may be in direct contact with the drug enclosed in the pack.
  • electrohydrodynamic — (physics) Of or pertaining to electrohydrodynamics.
  • electromagnetically — By means of electromagnetism.
  • electromechanically — In an electromechanical way.
  • electron micrograph — a photograph or image of a specimen taken using an electron microscope
  • electronic magazine — (messaging, publication, web)   (e-zine) A regular publication on some particular topic distributed in digital form, chiefly now via the web but also by electronic mail or floppy disk. E-zines are often distributed for free by enthusiasts.
  • elementary particle — any of several entities, such as electrons, neutrons, or protons, that are less complex than atoms and are regarded as the constituents of all matter
  • endowment insurance — Endowment insurance is a type of life insurance that pays a particular sum directly to the policyholder at a stated date, or to a beneficiary if the policyholder dies before this date.
  • euclidean algorithm — Euclid's Algorithm
  • executive agreement — an agreement made between the US President and the head of a foreign state, having the effect of a treaty
  • exophthalmic goiter — a disease of unknown cause characterized by enlargement of the thyroid gland, overproduction of the thyroid hormone, and abnormal protrusion of the eyeballs
  • exophthalmic goitre — a form of hyperthyroidism characterized by enlargement of the thyroid gland, protrusion of the eyeballs, increased basal metabolic rate, and weight loss
  • family practitioner — medical specialization in general practice, requiring training beyond that of general practice and leading to board certification.
  • farmers cooperative — an organization of farmers for marketing their products or buying supplies.
  • fixed-term contract — a contract for a particular and fixed period
  • fractal compression — (algorithm)   A technique for encoding images using fractals.
  • from rags to riches — a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
  • gastrocolic omentum — the peritoneal fold attached to the stomach and the colon and hanging over the small intestine.
  • genetic programming — (programming)   (GP) A programming technique which extends the genetic algorithm to the domain of whole computer programs. In GP, populations of programs are genetically bred to solve problems. Genetic programming can solve problems of system identification, classification, control, robotics, optimisation, game playing, and pattern recognition. Starting with a primordial ooze of hundreds or thousands of randomly created programs composed of functions and terminals appropriate to the problem, the population is progressively evolved over a series of generations by applying the operations of Darwinian fitness proportionate reproduction and crossover (sexual recombination).
  • geomagnetic equator — an imaginary line on the earth's surface, the plane of which passes through the center and is midway between the geomagnetic poles.
  • glottalic airstream — a current of air in the pharynx produced by the action of the glottis.
  • grammatical meaning — the meaning of an inflectional morpheme or of some other syntactic device, as word order.
  • greenwich mean time — the time as measured on the prime meridian running through Greenwich, England: used in England and as a standard of calculation elsewhere.
  • grievance committee — a group of representatives chosen from a labor union or from both labor and management to consider and remedy workers' grievances.
  • harmonic distortion — distortion caused by nonlinear characteristics of electronic apparatus, esp of audio amplifiers, that generate unwanted harmonics of the input frequencies
  • hermetically sealed — airtight
  • hermitian conjugate — adjoint (def 2).
  • human rights record — the facts that are known about the tendency of a country, regime, etc, to observe and protect human rights
  • hypercholesteraemia — (medicine) An abnormally high level of cholesterol in the blood.
  • hypocholesterolemia — an abnormally low amount of cholesterol in the blood.
  • i'm all right, jack — a remark indicating smug and complacent selfishness
  • identification mark — barcode or serial number
  • immigration control — a method or methods for regulating border laws and immigration
  • immigration officer — official administrating incoming foreigners
  • immunoprecipitation — the separation of an antigen from a solution by the formation of a large complex with its specific antibody.
  • impressionistically — In an impressionistic manner.
  • in commemoration of — in remembrance of
  • in particular terms — If you say something in particular terms, you say it using a particular type or level of language or using language which clearly shows your attitude.
  • incomplete abortion — a miscarriage in which some fetal or placental tissue remains in the uterus.
  • incomplete fracture — a fracture extending partly across the bone.
  • incremental plotter — a device that plots graphs on paper from computer-generated instructions
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