accumulator vs collector

accumulator

noun
  • One who, or that which, accumulates. 

  • A derivative contract under which the seller commits to sell shares of an underlying security at a certain strike price, which the buyer is obligated to buy. 

  • A collective bet on successive events, with both stake and winnings being carried forward to accumulate progressively. 

  • A system of elastic springs for relieving the strain upon a rope, as in deep-sea dredging. 

  • A register or variable used for holding the intermediate results of a computation or data transfer. 

  • A one way membership function. 

  • A container which stores hydraulic power for release, in the form of a pressurized fluid (often suspended within a larger tank of fluid under pressure). 

  • One who takes two higher degrees simultaneously, to reduce their length of study. 

  • A vessel containing pressurized hot water ready for release as steam. 

  • A wet-cell storage battery. 

collector

noun
  • A person who or thing that collects, or which creates or manages a collection. 

  • One holding a Bachelor of Arts in Oxford, formerly appointed to superintend some scholastic proceedings in Lent. 

  • A person who is employed to collect payments. 

  • A major sewer which collects sewerage from a number of smaller branch sewers 

  • A mafioso whose task is to collect protection money from small businesses 

  • The amplified terminal on a bipolar junction transistor. 

  • A compiler of books; one who collects scattered passages and puts them together in one book. 

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