steel engraving | the act of engraving on a steel plate |
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 |
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 |
Hawaiian guitar steel guitar | guitar whose steel strings are twanged while being pressed with a movable steel bar for a glissando effect |
steel | knife sharpener consisting of a ridged steel rod |
steel arch bridge | a steel bridge constructed in the form of an arch |
steel drum | a concave percussion instrument made from the metal top of an oil drum, has an array of flattened areas that produce different tones when struck (of Caribbean origin) |
steel engraving | engraving on a steel plate |
steel engraving | an impression taken from an engraved steel plate |
steel mill steelworks steel plant steel factory | a factory where steel is made |
steel plate | a plate of steel |
steel trap | a trap made of steel with a strong spring and sharp toothlike projections to hold the prey |
steel-wool pad | abrader consisting of a pad of steel wool used for polishing or smoothing |
sword blade brand steel | a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard |
steel blue | a greyish blue color |
steel trap | an acute intelligence (an analogy based on the well-known sharpness of steel traps), he's as sharp as a steel trap, a mind like a steel trap |
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 |
natural language processor natural language processing application | an application program that deals with natural language text |
word processor word processing system | an application that provides the user with tools needed to write and edit and format text and to send it to a printer |
LISP list-processing language | a flexible procedure-oriented programing language that manipulates symbols in the form of lists |
steel company | a company that makes and sells steel |
steel industry | the industry that makes steel and steel products |
steel band | a band that plays instruments made from the heads of oil drums (Caribbean Islands) |
administrative data processing business data processing | data processing in accounting or business management |
automatic data processing ADP | data processing by a computer |
background processing backgrounding | the execution of low priority programs while higher priority programs are not using the processing system |
batch processing | the serial execution of computer programs |
data processing | (computer science) a series of operations on data by a computer in order to retrieve or transform or classify information |
distributed data processing remote-access data processing teleprocessing | data processing in which some of the functions are performed in different places and connected by transmission facilities |
electronic data processing EDP | automatic data processing by electronic means without the use of tabulating cards or punched tapes |
foreground processing foregrounding | the execution of a program that preempts the use of the processing system |
integrated data processing IDP | automatic data processing in which data acquisition and other stages or processing are integrated into a coherent system |
list processing | processing data that is given in the form of chained lists |
mineral extraction mineral processing mineral dressing ore processing ore dressing beneficiation | crushing and separating ore into valuable substances or waste by any of a variety of techniques |
multiprocessing parallel processing | simultaneous processing by two or more processing units |
priority processing | data processing in which the operations performed are determined by a system of priorities |
processing | preparing or putting through a prescribed procedure, the processing of newly arrived immigrants, the processing of ore to obtain minerals |
real-time processing real-time operation | data processing fast enough to keep up with an outside process |
serial processing | sequential processing by two or more processing units |
steel production | making steel from pig iron |
word processing | rapid and efficient processing (storage and printing) of linguistic data for composition and editing |
alloy steel | steel who characteristics are determined by the addition of other elements in addition to carbon |
austenitic steel | steel that has enough nickel and chromium or manganese to retain austenite at atmospheric temperatures |
case-hardened steel | steel with a surface that is much harder than the interior metal |
steel | an alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon, widely used in construction, mechanical properties can be varied over a wide range |
stainless steel stainless chromium steel | steel containing chromium that makes it resistant to corrosion |
carbon steel | steel whose characteristics are determined by the amount of carbon it contains |
crucible steel | steel made by the mixture of molten wrought iron, charcoal, and other substances in a crucible |