A device used in phreaking that prevents the calling party from being billed for the call placed.
A flight recorder; the brightly colored cockpit voice recorders and flight data recorders in an aircraft designed to aid in determining the cause of an accident.
A type of theater characterized by a lack of decoration or complex mechanisms.
A theoretical construct or device with known input and output characteristics but unknown method of operation.
Any similar device on motor vehicles, such as rail event recorders and ship trip recorders.
To focus on the inputs and outputs without worrying about the internal complexity.
A system of specialized relays, computer hardware, or other equipment which allows the interconnection of a calling party's telephone line with any called party's line.
A variant of crazy eights where one card, such as an ace, reverses the direction of play.
A separate mass or tress of hair, or of some substance (such as jute) made to resemble hair, formerly worn on the head by women.
A command line notation allowing specification of optional behavior.
Synonym of rute.
A movable section of railroad track which allows the train to be directed down one of two destination tracks; (set of) points.
A device to turn electric current on and off or direct its flow.
A mechanism within DNA that activates or deactivates a gene.
A change or exchange.
One who is willing to take either a submissive or a dominant role in a sexual relationship.
A networking device connecting multiple wires, allowing them to communicate simultaneously, when possible. Compare to the less efficient hub device that solely duplicates network packets to each wire.
A slender woody plant stem used as a whip; a thin, flexible rod, associated with corporal punishment in the United States.
A programming construct that takes different actions depending on the value of an expression.
To trim.
To change places, tasks, etc.
To take on the opposite role (leader vs. follower) in a partner dance.
To exchange.
To swing or whisk.
To get angry suddenly; to quickly or unreasonably become enraged.
To change (something) to the specified state using a switch.
To be swung or whisked.
To turn from one railway track to another; to transfer by a switch; generally with off, from, etc.
To whip or hit with a switch.
To shift to another circuit.
Pertaining to skiing backwards.
Pertaining to riding with the front and back feet swapped round compared to one's normal position.