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15-letter words containing t, o, p

  • chromatographic — (analytical chemistry) Of or pertaining to chromatography.
  • chromium-plated — having been plated with chromium
  • cinematographed — a motion-picture projector.
  • cinematographer — A cinematographer is a person who decides what filming techniques should be used during the shooting of a film.
  • cinematographic — a motion-picture projector.
  • circumscription — the act of circumscribing or the state of being circumscribed
  • claustrophobics — Plural form of claustrophobic.
  • cleptoparasites — Plural form of cleptoparasite.
  • closed position — (in ballet, modern dance, and jazz dance) any position in which the feet touch each other.
  • cloud computing — Cloud computing is a model of computer use in which services that are available on the Internet are provided to users on a temporary basis.
  • colourpoint cat — a cat with increased pigmentation of cooler points of the body, such as ears, feet, tail, nose, and scrotum (in males)
  • come out on top — If a person, organization, or country comes out on top, they are more successful than the others that they have been competing with.
  • come up against — If you come up against a problem or difficulty, you are faced with it and have to deal with it.
  • commit to paper — to write down; record
  • committeeperson — a member of a committee.
  • common multiple — an integer or polynomial that is a multiple of each integer or polynomial in a group
  • common property — property belonging to all members of a community.
  • communion plate — a flat plate held under the chin of a communicant in order to catch any fragments of the consecrated Host
  • communist party — (in non-Communist countries) a political party advocating Communism
  • comparativeness — of or relating to comparison.
  • comparison test — a comparison of particular qualities or traits in two or more things in order to get a measurable assessment
  • compassionately — having or showing compassion: a compassionate person; a compassionate letter.
  • compassionating — Present participle of compassionate.
  • compatibilities — capable of existing or living together in harmony: the most compatible married couple I know.
  • competition car — a car that has been modified to compete in racing
  • competitiveness — of, pertaining to, involving, or decided by competition: competitive sports; a competitive examination.
  • compleat angler — a book on fishing (1653) by Izaak Walton.
  • complementaries — forming a complement; completing.
  • complementarily — In a complementary manner.
  • complementarity — a state or system that involves complementary components
  • complementation — In linguistics, a complementation pattern of a verb, noun, or adjective is the patterns that typically follow it.
  • complementizers — Plural form of complementizer.
  • complete theory — (logic)   An abstract logical theory in which all true statements have formal proofs within the theory.
  • completion date — (in Britain) the date on which the sale of a piece of property is final
  • complicatedness — composed of elaborately interconnected parts; complex: complicated apparatus for measuring brain functions.
  • complimentaries — of the nature of, conveying, or expressing a compliment, often one that is politely flattering: a complimentary remark.
  • complimentarily — of the nature of, conveying, or expressing a compliment, often one that is politely flattering: a complimentary remark.
  • composing stick — a metal holder of adjustable width in which a compositor sets a line of type at a time by hand; now rarely used
  • composite print — a photograph characterized by overlapping or juxtaposed images resulting from a multiple exposure or the combining of negatives (composite print)
  • compositionally — in a compositional manner
  • compotationship — the state of being a compotator or drinking companion
  • compound magnet — a magnet consisting of two or more separate magnets placed together with like poles pointing in the same direction.
  • compressibility — the ability to be compressed
  • compton-burnett — Dame Ivy. 1884–1969, English novelist. Her novels include Men and Wives (1931) and Mother and Son (1955)
  • comptrollership — controller (def 1).
  • computationally — from a computational point of view
  • computer cookie — HTTP cookie
  • computer dating — the use of computers by dating agencies to match their clients
  • computer ethics — (philosophy)   Ethics is the field of study that is concerned with questions of value, that is, judgments about what human behaviour is "good" or "bad". Ethical judgments are no different in the area of computing from those in any other area. Computers raise problems of privacy, ownership, theft, and power, to name but a few. Computer ethics can be grounded in one of four basic world-views: Idealism, Realism, Pragmatism, or Existentialism. Idealists believe that reality is basically ideas and that ethics therefore involves conforming to ideals. Realists believe that reality is basically nature and that ethics therefore involves acting according to what is natural. Pragmatists believe that reality is not fixed but is in process and that ethics therefore is practical (that is, concerned with what will produce socially-desired results). Existentialists believe reality is self-defined and that ethics therefore is individual (that is, concerned only with one's own conscience). Idealism and Realism can be considered ABSOLUTIST worldviews because they are based on something fixed (that is, ideas or nature, respectively). Pragmatism and Existentialism can be considered RELATIVIST worldviews because they are based or something relational (that is, society or the individual, respectively). Thus ethical judgments will vary, depending on the judge's world-view. Some examples: First consider theft. Suppose a university's computer is used for sending an e-mail message to a friend or for conducting a full-blown private business (billing, payroll, inventory, etc.). The absolutist would say that both activities are unethical (while recognising a difference in the amount of wrong being done). A relativist might say that the latter activities were wrong because they tied up too much memory and slowed down the machine, but the e-mail message wasn't wrong because it had no significant effect on operations. Next consider privacy. An instructor uses her account to acquire the cumulative grade point average of a student who is in a class which she instructs. She obtained the password for this restricted information from someone in the Records Office who erroneously thought that she was the student's advisor. The absolutist would probably say that the instructor acted wrongly, since the only person who is entitled to this information is the student and his or her advisor. The relativist would probably ask why the instructor wanted the information. If she replied that she wanted it to be sure that her grading of the student was consistent with the student's overall academic performance record, the relativist might agree that such use was acceptable. Finally, consider power. At a particular university, if a professor wants a computer account, all she or he need do is request one but a student must obtain faculty sponsorship in order to receive an account. An absolutist (because of a proclivity for hierarchical thinking) might not have a problem with this divergence in procedure. A relativist, on the other hand, might question what makes the two situations essentially different (e.g. are faculty assumed to have more need for computers than students? Are students more likely to cause problems than faculty? Is this a hold-over from the days of "in loco parentis"?).
  • computer memory — memory (def 11).
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