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It includes lots of terms from related fields such as mathematics and electronics, but if you're looking for (or want to submit) words from other subjects or general English words or other languages, try <em><a href="https://wikipedia.org/">http://wikipedia.org/</a></em>, <em><a href="http://onelook.com/">http://onelook.com/</a></em>, <em><a href="http://yourdictionary.com/">http://yourdictionary.com/</a></em>, <em><a href="http://www.dictionarist.com/">http://www.dictionarist.com/</a></em> or <em><a href="http://reference.allrefer.com/">http://reference.allrefer.com/</a></em>. <p></p> If you've already searched the dictionary for a computing term and it's not here then please <i>don't tell me</i>. There are, and always will be, a great many missing terms, no dictionary is ever complete. I use my limited time to process the corrections and definitions people have submitted and to add the <em><a href="missing.html">most frequently requested missing terms</a></em>. <p></p> Try one of the sources mentioned above or <em><a href="http://techweb.com/encyclopedia/">http://techweb.com/encyclopedia/</a></em>, <em><a href="http://whatis.techtarget.com/">http://whatis.techtarget.com/</a></em> or <em><a href="https://google.com/">http://google.com/</a></em>. <p></p> See <em><a href="help.html">the Help page</a></em> for more about missing definitions and bad cross-references. <p></p> <p class="updated">Last updated: <a href="/new.html">2014-09-20</a></p> <p></p> <p class="vertical-space"></p><h3>Nearby terms:</h3> <p class="neighbours"> <a href="/Free+On-line+Dictionary+of+Computing">Free On-line Dictionary of Computing</a> ♦ <a href="/Acknowledgements">Acknowledgements</a> ♦ <b><a href="/Missing+definition">Missing definition</a></b> ♦ <a href="/!">!</a> ♦ <a href="/!!!Batch">!!!Batch</a> </p> <p> Try this search on <a href="https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Missing+definition">Wikipedia</a>, <a href="https://www.wiktionary.org/wiki/Missing+definition">Wiktionary</a>, <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=define:Missing+definition">Google</a>, <a href="https://www.onelook.com/?w=Missing+definition">OneLook</a>. </p> <p class="vertical-space"></p> <hr> <div></div> <hr> <!-- if HTMLCOMMENTBOX --> <div id="HCB_comment_box">Loading</div> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="//www.htmlcommentbox.com/static/skins/bootstrap/twitter-bootstrap.css?v=0"> <script language="javascript" id="hcb"> hcb_user = { PAGE: 'https://foldoc.org/Missing+definition', comments_header: ' ', no_comments_msg: ' ', err_comment_empty: 'Your comment was not posted because it was empty!', rss: '', }; var s = document.createElement("script"); s.setAttribute("type", "text/javascript"); s.setAttribute("src", "//www.htmlcommentbox.com/jread?page=" + escape(hcb_user.PAGE).replace(/\+/g, "%2B") + "&mod=%241%24wq1rdBcg%24.0y2uzvjA2bsnhzpXVq9F." + "&opts=17374&num=10"); // No e-mail field: 16846 if (typeof s != "undefined") document.getElementsByTagName("head")[0].appendChild(s); </script> <script> setTimeout(function () { document.getElementById('hcb_form_content').rows = 1 }, 1000); </script> <hr> <!-- end HTMLCOMMENTBOX --> </div> <!-- content --> </div> <!-- left --> <div id="right"> <div id="google_translate_element"> <script> function googleTranslateElementInit() { new google.translate.TranslateElement({ pageLanguage: 'en' }, 'google_translate_element'); } </script> <script src="https://translate.google.com/translate_a/element.js?cb=googleTranslateElementInit"></script> </div> <p><br></p> <hr> <div id="social"> <div class="fb-like" data-href="http://foldoc.org/" data-layout="button_count" data-action="like" data-show-faces="false" data-share="true"> </div> <a href="https://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-via="foldoc"> Tweet </a> <script> if (!document.getElementById('twitter-wjs')) { var fjs = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0], js = document.createElement('script'); js.id = 'twitter-wjs'; js.src = 'https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js'; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); } </script> </div> <hr> <div> <p></p> </div> <p> <a href="/rss.xml"> <img src="/orangerss.gif" width="14" height="14" alt="RSS feed of new items"> </a> <a href="/new.html">Recent Updates</a> | <a href="/missing.html">Missing Terms</a> </p> <p>Updated: Sun, 06 Oct 2024 20:18:24 GMT</p> <p>15274 entries</p> <p><em><a href="/Free+On-line+Dictionary">Copyright Denis Howe 1985</a></em></p> </div> <!-- right --> </div> <!-- container --> <!-- Start Quantcast --> <script type="text/javascript"> window._qevents = window._qevents || []; (function() { var elem = document.createElement('script'); elem.src = 'https://secure.quantserve.com/quant.js'; elem.async = true; elem.type = 'text/javascript'; var scpt = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; scpt.parentNode.insertBefore(elem, scpt); })(); window._qevents.push({ qacct: 'p-48Rosdvs3EiOc', uid: '__INSERT_EMAIL_HERE__' }); </script> <noscript> <div style="display:none;"> <img src="https//pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-48Rosdvs3EiOc.gif" border="0" height="1" width="1" alt="Quantcast"/> </div> </noscript> <!-- End Quantcast --> </body> </html>