| time | the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past |
avocation
by-line
hobby
pursuit sideline
spare-time activity | an auxiliary activity |
royal tennis
real tennis
court tennis | an ancient form of tennis played in a four-walled court |
| data encryption | (computer science) the encryption of data for security purposes |
time and motion study
time-and-motion study
time-motion study
motion study
time study
work study | an analysis of a specific job in an effort to find the most efficient method in terms of time and effort |
| waste of time | the devotion of time to a useless activity, the waste of time could prove fatal |
| time exposure | exposure of a film for a relatively long time (more than half a second) |
harvest
harvest time | the season for gathering crops |
haying
haying time | the season for cutting and drying and storing grass as fodder |
respite
recess
break time out | a pause from doing something (as work), we took a -minute break, he took time out to recuperate |
free time
spare time | time that is free from duties or responsibilities |
| real-estate business | the business of selling real estate |
central processing unit
CPU
C.P.U.
central processor
processor
mainframe | (computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing, the CPU and the memory form the central part of a computer to which the peripherals are attached |
character printer
character-at-a-time printer
serial printer | a printer that prints a single character at a time |
computer
computing machine
computing device
data processor
electronic computer
information processing system | a machine for performing calculations automatically |
computer system
computing system
automatic data processing system
ADP system
ADPS | a system of one or more computers and associated software with common storage |
| data converter | converter for changing information from one code to another |
data input device
input device | a device that can be used to insert data into a computer or other computational device |
| data multiplexer | a multiplexer that permits two or more data sources to share a common transmission medium |
data system
information system | system consisting of the network of all communication channels used within an organization |
line printer
line-at-a-time printer | printer that serves as an output device on a computer, prints a whole line of characters at a time |
| link data link | an interconnecting circuit between two or more locations for the purpose of transmitting and receiving data |
| naval tactical data system | a shipboard system for collecting and displaying tactical data |
page printer
page-at-a-time printer | a printer that prints one page at a time |
| real storage | the main memory in a virtual memory system |
| time-ball | a ball that slides down a staff to show a fixed time, especially at an observatory |
time bomb
infernal machine | a bomb that has a detonating mechanism that can be set to go off at a particular time |
| time capsule | container for preserving historical records to be discovered at some future time |
| time clock | clock used to record the hours that people work |
time-delay measuring instrument
time-delay measuring system | chronoscope for measuring the time difference between two events |
| time exposure | a photograph produced with a relatively long exposure time |
| time-fuse | a fuse made to burn for a given time (especially to explode a bomb) |
| time machine | a science fiction machine that is supposed to transport people or objects into the past or the future |
| time-switch | a switch set to operate at a desired time |
| track data track | (computer science) one of the circular magnetic paths on a magnetic disk that serve as a guide for writing and reading data |
real McCoy
real thing
real stuff | informal usage attributing authenticity |
vintage
time of origin | the oldness of wines |
meter
metre
time | rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration |
| light time | distance measured in terms of the speed of light (or radio waves), the light time from Jupiter to the sun is approximately minutes |
| data structure | (computer science) the organization of data (and its storage allocations in a computer) |
hierarchical structure
hierarchical data structure | a structure of data having several levels arranged in a treelike structure |
| data conversion | conversion from one way of encoding data to another way |
real world
real life | the practical world as opposed to the academic world, a good consultant must have a lot of experience in the real world |
datum
data point | an item of factual information derived from measurement or research |
space-time
space-time continuum | the four-dimensional coordinate system ( dimensions of space and of time) in which physical events are located |
| time series | a series of values of a variable at successive times |
information science
informatics
information processing
IP | the sciences concerned with gathering, manipulating, storing, retrieving, and classifying recorded information |
natural language processing
NLP
human language technology | the branch of information science that deals with natural language information |
storage medium
data-storage medium | a medium for storing information |
digital communication
data communication | electronic transmission of information that has been encoded digitally (as for storage and processing by computers) |