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  • mutual assured destruction — a U.S. doctrine of reciprocal deterrence resting on the U.S. and Soviet Union each being able to inflict unacceptable damage on the other in retaliation for a nuclear attack.
  • newfoundland standard time — one of the standard times used in Canada, three and a half hours behind Greenwich Mean Time
  • nondeterministic automaton — (theory)   (Or "probabilistic automaton") An automaton in which there are several possible actions (outputs and next states) at each state of the computation such that the overall course of the computation is not completely determined by the program, the starting state, and the initial inputs. See also nondeterministic Turing Machine.
  • official production system — (language)   (OPS) The first production system (i.e. rule based) programming language, developed at CMU in 1970 and used for building expert systems. OPS was originally written in Franz Lisp and later ported to other LISP dialects.
  • open document architecture — (standard)   (ODA) ISO standard (8613) for describing documents. It allows text, graphics, and facsimile documents to be transferred between different systems.
  • overdraft checking account — a bank account with a credit line permitting checks to be written for an amount above the account balance, subject to a finance charge on the overdraft.
  • period-luminosity relation — the relationship between the period of light variation and of the absolute magnitude of Cepheid variable stars.
  • phenylethylbarbituric acid — phenobarbital.
  • pick up the threads of sth — If you pick up the threads of an activity, you start it again after an interruption. If you pick up the threads of your life, you become more active again after a period of failure or bad luck.
  • post-and-beam construction — wall construction in which beams rather than studs are used to support heavy posts.
  • quasi-stellar radio source — a quasar having detectable radio emission. Abbreviation: QSS.
  • reticuloendothelial system — the aggregate of the phagocytic cells, including certain cells of the bone marrow, lymphatic system, liver, and spleen, that have reticular and endothelial characteristics and function in the immune system's defense against foreign bodies. Abbreviation: RES.
  • ride roughshod over sb/sth — If you say that someone is riding roughshod over a person or their views, you disapprove of them because they are using their power or authority to do what they want, completely ignoring that person's wishes.
  • sangre de cristo mountains — a mountain range in S Colorado and N New Mexico: part of the Rocky Mountains. Highest peak: Blanca Peak, 4364 m (14 317 ft)
  • sixty-four-dollar question — the critical or basic question or problem: Whether the measure will get through Congress this session or not is the sixty-four-dollar question.
  • st andrews static language — (language)   (SASL) A functional programming language designed by Professor David Turner in 1976 whilst at St. Andrews University. SASL is a derivative of ISWIM with infinite data structures. It is fully lazy but weakly typed. It was designed for teaching functional programming, with very simple syntax. Example syntax: def fac n = n = 0 -> 1 ; n x fac(n-1) A version of the expert system EMYCIN has been written in SASL. SASL was originally known as "St Andrews Standard Language". Not to be confused with SISAL.
  • staffordshire bull terrier — one of an English breed of strong, stocky, muscular dogs having a broad skull and a smooth coat, in combinations of red, white, black, or blue, originally raised for bullbaiting and later dogfighting, but now bred as a companion dog.
  • state of the union address — an annual message to Congress in which the president reports on the state of the nation and outlines a legislative program: required by the Constitution (Article II, Section 3). Abbreviation: SOTU.
  • straight from the shoulder — direct, honest, and forceful in expression; outspoken.
  • straight-from-the-shoulder — direct, honest, and forceful in expression; outspoken.
  • subscriber identity module — (telecommunications, wireless)   (SIM or "SIM card") A component, usually in the form of a miniature smart-card, that is theoretically tamper-proof and is used to associate a mobile subscriber with a mobile network subscription. The SIM holds the subscriber's unique MSISDN along with secret information such as a private encryption key and encryption and digital signature algorithms. Most SIMs also contain non-volatile storage for network and device management, contact lists, text messages sent and received, logos and in some cases even small Java programs.
  • suit sb down to the ground — If you say that something such as a job or piece of clothing suits someone down to the ground, you mean that it is completely suitable or right for them.
  • system product interpreter — Restructured EXtended eXecutor
  • tarred with the same brush — any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
  • temperature-humidity index — a number representing an estimate of the effect of temperature and moisture on humans, computed by multiplying the sum of dry-bulb and wet-bulb temperature readings by 0.4 and adding 15, with 65 assumed as the highest comfortable index. Abbreviation: T.H.I.
  • textured vegetable protein — soya meat; a meat substitute that is made from soy flour
  • the entertainment industry — the businesses connected with music, films, TV etc
  • the inland revenue service — (in the US) a government board that administers and collects major direct taxes
  • the royal and ancient club — a golf club, headquarters of the sport's ruling body, based in St Andrews, Scotland
  • to be made public property — to become known to everyone
  • to get your fingers burned — If you get your fingers burned or burn your fingers, you suffer because something you did or were involved in was a failure or a mistake.
  • to get your house in order — If someone gets their house in order, puts their house in order, or sets their house in order, they arrange their affairs and solve their problems.
  • to rub salt into the wound — If someone or something rubs salt into the wound, they make the unpleasant situation that you are in even worse, often by reminding you of your failures or faults.
  • turn something on its head — to treat or present something in a completely new and different way
  • udmurt autonomous republic — an autonomous republic in the Russian Federation in Europe. 16,250 sq. mi. (42,088 sq. km). Capital: Izhevsk.
  • ulster defence association — (in Northern Ireland) a Loyalist paramilitary organization
  • united press international — a business organization of newspapers in the U.S., together with representatives abroad, for the reporting and interchange of news. Abbreviation: UPI, U.P.I.
  • united states marine corps — Marine Corps. Abbreviation: USMC.
  • universal time coordinated — incorrect term for coordinated universal time.
  • unlisted securities market — a market on the London Stock Exchange, established in 1980 and discontinued in 1996, for trading in shares of smaller companies, who did not wish to comply with the requirements for a full listing
  • upper side-band modulation — (communications)   (USB) A kind of modulation applied to a sinusoidal carrier.
  • very long instruction word — (language, architecture)   (VLIW) Used to describe a machine code instruction set implemented using horizontal microcode. A horizontally encoded instruction word which encodes four or more operations might be considered "very long". VLIW architectures are sometimes classified as a type of static superscalar architecture. They are static in the sense that which units operate in parallel is determined by the instruction rather than by dynamic scheduling at run time. Producing code for VLIW machines is difficult; trace scheduling is a helpful compiler technique. The most famous VLIW machine was built by (the late) Multiflow Computer, Inc.
  • victoria and albert museum — a museum of the fine and applied arts in London, originating from 1856 and given its present name and site in 1899
  • virtual circuit identifier — (networking)   (VCID) An identifier used for the routing of a virtual circuit. An ATM switch may route according to a Virtual Circuit Identifier, a Virtual Path Identifier, or a combination.
  • you wouldn't read about it — an expression of dismay, disgust, or disbelief
  • young offender institution — (in Britain) a place where offenders aged 15 to 21 may be detained and given training, instruction, and work
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