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Streaming

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Stream 66% connected

A current of water or other fluid; a liquid flowing continuously in a line or course, either on the earth, as a river, brook, etc., or from a vessel,…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Cyclosis 92% connected

The circulation or movement of protoplasmic granules within a living vegetable cell.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Compiler noun · 85% connection

(computer science) a program that decodes instructions written in a higher order language and produces an assembly language program

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Compiling program noun · 85% connection

(computer science) a program that decodes instructions written in a higher order language and produces an assembly language program

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Computer database noun · 85% connection

(computer science) a database that can be accessed by computers

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Computer program noun · 85% connection

(computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute; "the program required several hundred lines o…

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Computer programme noun · 85% connection

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Computer simulation noun · 85% connection

(computer science) the technique of representing the real world by a computer program; "a simulation should imitate the internal proce…

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Data encryption noun · 85% connection

(computer science) the encryption of data for security purposes

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Directory noun · 85% connection

(computer science) a listing of the files stored in memory (usually on a hard disk)

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Electronic database noun · 85% connection

(computer science) a database that can be accessed by computers

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Interface noun · 85% connection

(computer science) a program that controls a display for the user (usually on a computer monitor) and that allows the user to interact…

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Interpreter noun · 85% connection

(computer science) a program that translates and executes source language statements one line at a time

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Interpretive program noun · 85% connection

(computer science) a program that translates and executes source language statements one line at a time

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Menu noun · 85% connection

(computer science) a list of options available to a computer user

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On-line database noun · 85% connection

(computer science) a database that can be accessed by computers

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Packet noun · 85% connection

(computer science) a message or message fragment

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Program noun · 85% connection

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Affluent noun · 78% connection

A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake; a tributary stream.

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Anchor verb · 78% connection

To cast anchor; to come to anchor; as, our ship (or the captain) anchored in the stream.

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Annicut noun · 78% connection

A dam or mole made in the course of a stream for the purpose of regulating the flow of a system of irrigation.

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Arroyo noun · 78% connection

The dry bed of a small stream.

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Augment verb · 78% connection

To enlarge or increase in size, amount, or degree; to swell; to make bigger; as, to augment an army by reeforcements; rain augments a…

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Blast noun · 78% connection

A forcible stream of air from an orifice, as from a bellows, the mouth, etc. Hence: The continuous blowing to which one charge of ore…

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Blaze noun · 78% connection

A stream of gas or vapor emitting light and heat in the process of combustion; a bright flame.

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Bourne verb · 78% connection

A stream or rivulet; a burn.

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Burden noun · 78% connection

The tops or heads of stream-work which lie over the stream of tin.

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Corpuscular radiation noun · 78% connection

a stream of atomic or subatomic particles that may be charged positively (e.g. alpha particles) or negatively (e.g. beta particles) or…

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Corpuscular theory noun · 78% connection

(physics) the theory that light is transmitted as a stream of particles

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