| Word | Description |
|---|---|
PaaS n |
Platform-as-a-Service |
pace n |
speed |
packaging n |
bundling |
packet n |
the unit of data that is routed between an origin and a destination on the Internet |
packet filtering n |
a software routine that analyzes incoming data packets and either forwards or discards them based on one or more criteria such as address etc. |
packet level n |
the lower end of firewall systems |
pad n |
a block created by extruding a profile or a surface in one or two directions |
pale adj |
very light coloured |
parentheses (pl) n |
two punctuation marks, usually curved lines (), which enclose some information to separate it from its context; sg: parenthesis |
to parse v |
to divide sth into parts and elicit information from each part |
part n |
a 3D entity obtained by combining different features |
partial adj |
partly, in parts; incompletely |
particularly adv |
specially |
to patch v |
to mend an error or flaw |
pattern n |
a model of a form, shape, or design |
PDM n |
product data management |
peer n |
a person who is of equal standing with another in a group |
peer review n |
process and result of professionally evaluating the work of a colleague or a group of colleagues |
penetration n |
invasion |
perimeter n |
boundary |
peripheral n |
any hardware device connected to a computer |
to permit v |
to allow |
persistent adj |
permanent |
to pertain v |
to have reference to, to concern |
phenomenon n |
any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning |
to pick up v |
to gain, to collect |
pivotal adj |
highly important |
plane n |
a flat surface defined by the coordinate axes xy, yz, or zx |
plant n |
factory |
platform n |
the type of computer system or software that is used |
PLM n |
product lifecycle management |
plus sign '+' n |
the mathematical symbol used to indicate addition; read: 'plus' |
pocket n |
a feature corresponding to an opening through a feature, which results from extruding a profile or surface and removing the material |
portability n |
a software feature indicating whether a program can run on two or more kinds of computers or with two or more kinds of operating systems |
portfolio n |
1. a list of assets (anything of material value or usefulness) held by a person or a legal body 2. a list of assets or a collection of products (here: brand products of a company) held by a person or a legal body |
posture n |
position of the body and its limbs |
POTS n |
Plain Ordinary Telephone Service or Plain Old Telephone System (telecommunication slang for Post Office Telephone Service) |
to prejoin v |
to join in advance |
preliminary adj |
preparatory, introductory, first |
to preload v |
to load in advance |
to presage v |
to predict, to foreshow, to foretell |
to preserve v |
to continue, to maintain |
prevention n |
safeguard, the act of stopping sth before it happens |
prior to prep |
before |
to proceed v |
to continue an activity or move ahead |
productivity application n |
a software program that lets users get things done - in a cool, simple, quick and efficient way (the term sounds more respectable than the common word 'app') |
profile n |
a 2D drawing, i.e. an open or closed shape including arcs and lines created by the profile command in the Sketcher workbench |
profit margin n |
the ratio of gross profits divided by net sales; syn: gross margin |
prohibitively expensive |
costing too much money for sb to afford |
to proliferate v |
to (cause to) grow or increase rapidly |
prolific adj |
intellectually productive, fertile |
promotional adj |
for publicity or advertising purposes |
proprietary adj |
1. privately owned and controlled. A proprietary design or technique is one that is owned by a company under a trademark or patent. It also implies that the company has not divulged specifications that would allow other companies to duplicate the product. 2. privately owned and controlled, not public |
protocol n |
rules governing transmitting and receiving of data |
provider n |
vendor, producer, supplier |
provision n |
a contracted condition |
proxy n |
a computer system that breaks the connection between sender and receiver, closing a straight path between the internal LAN and the Internet, which functions as a relay between client and server |
proxy server n |
a server that acts as an intermediary between a workstation user and the Internet so that the enterprise can ensure security, administrative control, and caching service |
public adj |
affecting all of the following until cancelled |
public class Shapes extends Applet |
This line, or header, defines a class called Shapes which inherits functionality from the base class Applet. Applet is a predefined class in Java and basically creates a Java Applet (rather than a Java application). |
public void paint(Graphics g) |
This line defines a function (or method) called paint. Paint is a function which is defined in the base class Applet and hence is overwritten in the class Shapes. Paint takes one parameter of type Graphics. In this example, the associated variable is called g.Paint and is automatically called when the applet is executed. Thus the code in this method is executed on starting the applet. |
pursuant (with) prep |
in conformance to or agreement with |
to pursue v |
to advance; to aid the growth or progress of sth |
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