Instrumentation

A term used by Parsons and Bales to refer to emphasis on tasks, focus on more distant goals, and a concern for the external relationship between one's family and other social ...

instrument

Music; General music

Mechanism that generates musical vibrations and transmits them into the air.

instrument

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

A general term for major optical surveying equipment, including transits, alidades, and surveyor's levels.

instrument

Computer; Software; Software engineering

In software and system testing, to install or insert devices or instructions into hardware or software to monitor the operation of a system or component.

highlight

Software; Operating systems

To emphasize displayed characters, as by displaying them in reverse video (light on dark rather than dark on light, and vice versa) or against a colored background.

active

Software; Operating systems

Pertaining to the device, program, file, record or portion of the screen that is currently operational or subject to command operations.

cross hatch

Software; Operating systems

Shading made up of regularly spaced, intersecting lines.

default gateway

Software; Operating systems

A configuration item for the TCP/IP protocol that is the IP address of a directly reachable IP router. Configuring a default gateway creates a default route in the IP routing ...

compile

Software; Operating systems

To translate all the source code of a program from a high-level language into object code prior to execution of the program.

header row

Software; Operating systems

The first row in a spreadsheet. The header row contains category labels that describe the contents of the columns.

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Mastectomy

Mastectomy is the surgical procedure to remove one or both breasts, partially or completely. Mastectomy is usually done as a preventive measure to ...