wp
(ˈwaʊ zər)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
word processing.
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widow
(ˈwɪd oʊ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
(esp. in word processing) the last line of a paragraph when it is carried over to the top of the following page.
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application program
(ˌæp lɪˈkeɪ ʃən)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a computer program used for a specific kind of task, as word processing
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dictionary
(ˈdɪk ʃəˌnɛr i)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a list of words used by a word-processing program to check spellings in text.
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orphan
(ˈɔr fən)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
(esp. in word processing) the first line of a paragraph when it appears alone at the bottom of a printed page.
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wysiwyg
(WYSIWYG)
Princeton's WordNet
relating to or being a word processing system that prints the text exactly as it appears on the computer screen
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block
(ɒk)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
to mark off (a portion of text or data) for moving, deleting, printing, etc., as in word processing.
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redlining
(ˈrɛdˌlɛg ɪd, -ˌlɛgd)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a marking device, as underlining or boldface, used esp. in word processing to highlight suggested additional text in a document.
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personal computer
(ˈpɜr sə nl)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a microcomputer designed for individual use, as for word processing, financial analysis, desktop publishing, or playing computer games.
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disambiguator
(disambiguator)
Princeton's WordNet
(computer science) a natural language processing application that tries to determine the intended meaning of a word or phrase by examining the linguistic context in which it is used
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word processor
(ˈwɜrdˌpleɪ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a computer program or computer system designed for word processing.
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operation
(operation)
Princeton's WordNet
(computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction)
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dash
(hyphen, dash)
Princeton's WordNet
a punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text
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hyphen
(hyphen, dash)
Princeton's WordNet
a punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text
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parallel processing
(multiprocessing, parallel processing)
Princeton's WordNet
simultaneous processing by two or more processing units
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serial processing
(serial processing)
Princeton's WordNet
sequential processing by two or more processing units
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multiprocessing
(multiprocessing, parallel processing)
Princeton's WordNet
simultaneous processing by two or more processing units
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integrated data processing
(integrated data processing, IDP)
Princeton's WordNet
automatic data processing in which data acquisition and other stages or processing are integrated into a coherent system
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idp
(integrated data processing, IDP)
Princeton's WordNet
automatic data processing in which data acquisition and other stages or processing are integrated into a coherent system
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forceful
Webster Dictionary
full of or processing force; exerting force; mighty
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verbal
Webster Dictionary
having word answering to word; word for word; literal; as, a verbal translation
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derivative
Webster Dictionary
a word formed from another word, by a prefix or suffix, an internal modification, or some other change; a word which takes its origin from a root
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preposition
Webster Dictionary
a word employed to connect a noun or a pronoun, in an adjectival or adverbial sense, with some other word; a particle used with a noun or pronoun (in English always in the objective case) to make a phrase limiting some other word; -- so called because usually placed before the word with which it is phrased; as, a bridge of iron; he comes from town; it is good for food; he escaped by running
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balagan
(balagan)
Princeton's WordNet
a word for chaos or fiasco borrowed from modern Hebrew (where it is a loan word from Russian)
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write
(spell, write)
Princeton's WordNet
write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word)
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back-formation
(back-formation)
Princeton's WordNet
a word invented (usually unwittingly by subtracting an affix) on the assumption that a familiar word derives from it
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spell
(spell, write)
Princeton's WordNet
write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word)
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reduplication
(reduplication)
Princeton's WordNet
a word formed by or containing a repeated syllable or speech sound (usually at the beginning of the word)
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extensional
(extensional)
Princeton's WordNet
defining a word by listing the class of entities to which the word correctly applies
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lexicalize
(lexicalize, lexicalise)
Princeton's WordNet
make or coin into a word or accept a new word into the lexicon of a language
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