Word | Description |
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tab n |
a small button or icon on a screen used to facilitate opening or handling a tool |
to tackle v |
to accept as a challenge |
to tailor v |
to customise, to adapt according to special needs |
to take into account v |
to consider or remember when judging a situation |
to tap (into) v |
to make as much use as possible of experience, knowledge etc |
target n |
goal, aim |
tax n |
charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government |
teach pendant n |
a hand-held robot control terminal that provides a convenient means to move the robot, teach locations, and run robot programs. It is a useful tool, allowing you to move away from the host computer terminal and control the robot locally. |
tedious adj |
tiresome from continuance, monotonous |
to tempt v |
to make sb want sth |
termination n |
end in time or existence |
terms n |
a statement of what is required as part of an agreement; syn: regulations, provisions |
terrific adj |
very great |
text parser n |
an algorithm or program to determine the syntactic structure of a sentence or string of symbols in some language |
to do the trick v |
to achieve the necessary or desired effect |
there's no getting around |
you cannot avoid or flee from |
thereof (law) adv |
of that or this |
thief n |
a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else |
throughput n |
amount of data passing through a system within a fixed period of time |
time-to-market n |
the time it takes from the development of a product until its introduction in the market (ie until its rollout) |
timeliness n |
up-to-dateness; topicality |
times table n |
multiplication table |
toolbar n |
an application-specific set of icons or symbols offered to accomplish closely related tasks |
top down adj |
of an approach to a problem that begins at the highest conceptual level and works down to the details |
topmost adj |
at or nearest to the top |
tort (law) n |
civil wrong or injury; any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought |
total cost of ownership n |
full range of costs, both obvious and hidden, i.e. direct costs hardware/software, operations & administration) and indirect costs (end-user operations & downtime) |
tpm n |
transactions per minute |
transfer (law) n |
the conveyance of right, title, or property from one person or entity to another, whether by sale, by gift, or otherwise |
transistor n |
a semiconductor device capable of amplification |
transition n |
a change from one environment, stage, state or subject to another |
transmission n |
in cars: the gears that transmit power from an automobile engine via the driveshaft to the live axle, syn: transmission system; in computing: the transfer of data over a communications channel |
tribe n |
clan; a regionally based, social group of people |
tricky adj |
simple at first sight, but in fact highly difficult |
to trigger v |
to initiate or activate |
turnkey adj |
1. supplied, installed, or purchased in a condition ready for immediate use or operation 2. ready to use |
tutorial n |
study material |