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backpressurenoun(fluid dynamics) Pressure that is opposed to the flow of a fluid.
backtrackingnoun(computer science) The act of building all possible solutions to a problem incrementally, abandoning any candidate solution if it cannot lead to a valid solution.
failbacknoun(computing) The restoration of a system in a state of failover back to its original state (before the failure occurred).
backsteppingnoun(control theory) A technique for designing stabilizing controls for a special recursive class of nonlinear dynamical systems.
backjumpingnoun(computing theory) A form of backtracking that may move more than one level at a time, used to improve the efficiency of certain algorithms.
workaroundnoun(computing) A procedure or a temporary fix that bypasses a problem and allows a user to continue working until a better solution can be provided.
backjumpnoun(computing theory) A jump from one level of an algorithm to another, used in backjumping.
copybacknoun(computing) writeback
fall-throughnoun(programming) In certain programming constructs, the situation where execution passes to the next condition in a list unless explicitly redirected.
storebacknounThe back of a store or shop.
overrideverb(transitive, intransitive) To counteract the normal operation of something; to countermand with orders of higher priority.
buffer underrunnoun(computing) A state occurring when a buffer used to communicate between two devices or processes is fed with data at a lower speed than the data is being read from it.
alternate actionnoun(computing) A feature of certain computer keyboards where a pressed key remains depressed and actuated until it is pressed again.
prompt injectionnoun(artificial intelligence, computer security) A method of causing an artificial intelligence to ignore its initial instructions (often ethical restrictions) by giving it a certain prompt.
cold bootnoun(computing) The act of rebooting a computer by turning it off and on.
background processnoun(computing, Unix) A process that is not currently able to receive input from its controlling terminal.
walkbacknoun(programming) A stack trace.
autoblocknoun(climbing) A technique used in rappelling and ascending, with a friction hitch around the climbing rope.
write-backnounAlternative form of writeback. [(computing) An operation in which data previously read into a cache is written back to permanent storage.]
blockernounAgent noun of block (“obstruct or prevent”); something that blocks something else.

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