System context

The multi-layered extra-textual environment which exerts a determining influence on the language used. The subject matter of a given text, for example, is part of a context of ...

context

Education; Teaching

The setting where teaching and learning occur; identifying context involves noting social, geographical, political, and other factors related to the learning environment.

context

Engineering; Electronic engineering

1. The environment in which a word is used in a natural language (such as English, Spanish, or Russian). Important in speech recognition and speech synthesis. 2. The environment ...

context

Earth science; Remote sensing

The known environment of a particular feature on an image.

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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Hurricane Earl

Hurricane Earl is the second major hurricane of the 2010 Atlantic season. It's expected to sideswipe much of the East Coast just ahead of the U.S. ...