A small electronic device used to store digital data, more portable and robust than a hard drive.
Long thin piece of metal or wood.
Ridges or teeth on a drive shaft that mesh with grooves in a mating piece and transfer torque to it, maintaining the angular correspondence between them.
A flexible strip of metal or other material, that may be bent into a curve and used in a similar manner to a ruler to draw smooth curves between points.
A rectangular piece that fits grooves like key seats in a hub and a shaft, so that while the one may slide endwise on the other, both must revolve together.
Any of a number of smooth curves used to join points.
A strip of wood or other material inserted into grooves in each of two pieces of wood to provide additional surface for gluing.
To smooth (a curve or surface) by means of a spline.
To fit with a spline.
To fasten to or together with a spline.