30-letter words containing r, e, p, l, n, t
- process automation and control — Process automation and control is an industrial system in which processes are controlled and monitored automatically so that only a few people are needed to carry them out.
- quick (or slow) on the uptake — quick (or slow) to understand or comprehend
- realtime disk operating system — (operating system) A Data General operating system developed in the 1970s or 1980s. When used in conjuction with a BASIC (e.g. Business Basic) it could support 16 concurrent users at the record locking level and two printers all on 128K memory. Reputedly IBM wanted to license this for the first IBM PC but DG turned them down so they went to Microsoft instead. How different the world could have been.
- schema representation language — (SRL)
- simple network paging protocol — (protocol) (SNPP) A standard for sending one- and two-way wireless messages to pagers. In its simplest form, SNPP provides a simple way to make a link between the Internet and a Telocator Alphanumeric input Protocol (TAP) paging terminal. SNPP is defined in RFC 1861.
- the life and soul of the party — If you refer to someone as the life and soul of the party, you mean that they are very lively and entertaining on social occasions, and are good at mixing with people. In American English, you usually say that they are the life of the party.
- the parliamentary labour party — the members of the Labour Party who are also Members of Parliament
- to be as american as apple pie — to be typically American
- to keep body and soul together — If you keep body and soul together, you have enough money to provide what you need to live.
- to pour oil on troubled waters — If you pour oil on troubled waters, you try to calm down a difficult situation.
- to put your cards on the table — If you put or lay your cards on the table, you deal with a situation by speaking openly about your feelings, ideas, or plans.
- to wipe the floor with someone — If you wipe the floor with someone, you defeat them completely in a competition or discussion.
- transdermal therapeutic system — A transdermal therapeutic system is a method of delivering medication into the bloodstream through the skin, usually in the form of a medicated patch.
- trivial file transfer protocol — (networking) (TFTP) A simple file transfer protocol used for down-loading boot code to diskless workstations. TFTP is defined in RFC 1350.
- unplanned shutdown of refinery — An unplanned shutdown of refinery is when processes in a refinery are stopped unexpectedly, often because something hazardous has happened.
- upright database technology ab — (company) The Swedish company that developed the Mimer SQL database.