A small, barely detectable amount.
An instruction to the database engine as to how a query should be executed, for example whether to use an index or not.
An implicit suggestion that avoids a direct statement.
A clue.
Information in a computer-based font that suggests how the outlines of the font's glyphs should be distorted in order to produce, at specific sizes, a visually appealing pixel-based rendering; an instance of hinting.
To develop and add hints to a font.
To imply without a direct statement; to provide a clue.
To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner.
An imperfect and faint representation.
A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object.
A small degree; a shade.
An influence, especially a pervasive or a negative one.
Relative darkness, especially as caused by the interruption of light; gloom; obscurity.
That which looms as though a shadow.
A area protected by an obstacle (likened to an object blocking out sunlight).
One who secretly or furtively follows another.
An inseparable companion.
A drop shadow effect applied to lettering in word processors etc.
A spirit; a ghost; a shade.
An unconscious aspect of the personality.
A trainee, assigned to work with an experienced officer.
Unofficial, informal, unauthorized, but acting as though it were.
Having power or influence, but not widely known or recognized.
Part of, or related to, the opposition in government.
Acting in a leadership role before being formally recognized.
To accompany (a professional) during the working day, so as to learn about an occupation one intends to take up.
To make (an identifier, usually a variable) inaccessible by declaring another of the same name within the scope of the first.
To hide; to conceal.
To represent faintly and imperfectly.
To shade, cloud, or darken.
To block light or radio transmission from.
To secretly or discreetly track or follow another, to keep under surveillance.
To apply the shadowing process to (the contents of ROM).