Definition of (machine) in English English dictionary
- ATM machine
- A pleonastic but common variant of ATM
- Enigma machine
- fig. something which decrypts or makes understandable something enigmatic (see quotation)
- Enigma machine
- a small portable electro-mechanical rotor machine used to encrypt and decrypt secret messages, made famous by Germany in WWII
- Java Virtual Machine
- a software part of the Java runtime environment that can be accessed with commands, like a microprocessorLike most virtual machines, the Java Virtual Machine has a stack-based architecture akin to a microcontroller/microprocessor., enabling a set of computer software programs and data structures to use a virtual machine model for the execution of other computer programs and scripts
- Rube Goldberg machine
- A comical, overcomplicated machine which performs a simple task
- Turing machine
- An abstract computing machine introduced in 1936 by Alan Turing to give a mathematically precise definition of computability
- answering machine
- A device that automatically records voice mail from unanswered telephone calls
- automated teller machine
- A device that provides bank customers with cash withdrawal and other services without the need for a bank teller
- automatic data processing machine
- A computer
- automatic teller machine
- An automated teller machine
- baby machine
- a derogatory term for a woman, suggesting that her sole purpose is to bear children
- ball machine
- A machine that shoots tennis balls out of a pipe
- bank machine
- An automated teller machine
- bathing machine
- A portable changing room that was rolled down a beach to the edge of the sea to allow people to paddle in the sea modestly
- carding machine
- A machine used for carding materials
- cash machine
- An automated teller machine
- compound machine
- Any combination of simple machines working together
- deflavorizing machine
- An imaginary device which removes the quality from something; particularly food
My granny always runs her vegetables through the deflavorizing machine before allowing us to eat them.
- dictation machine
- A sound recording device most commonly used to record speech for later playback or to be typed into print
- drum machine
- An electronic device that can be programmed to play digital drum sounds
- drying machine
- A clothes dryer
- dynamo-electric machine
- A generator that creates electricity using spinning magnets
- exercise machine
- Any of a great variety of devices, powered either by electricity or by the user, used to improve strength or physical fitness
- fax machine
- A device which scans, transmits, receives and prints documents (faxes) transmitted by telephone
- forest machine
- A machine used for logging or various other forestry purposes
- fruit machine
- A slot machine, especially one having spinning wheels identified with pictures of fruit
- fruit machine
- A device developed to identify homosexual people by measuring their physical responses to different kinds of pornography
- gumball machine
- A machine that dispenses gumballs when someone inserts coins and uses the handle
- jet machine
- Any of several devices that use a jet of water or abrasive mixture to clean something
- karaoke machine
- A machine that plays sounds simultaneously from a microphone and a prerecording
- laugh machine
- A machine or program or track that inserts canned laughter into a television show
- little brown fucking machine
- A Filipino woman regarded as a sex object
LBFM is Navy speak for Little Brown Fucking Machine. They are the bar girls sailors meet in all the ports in the Orient. The term is generic for bar girls.
- machine
- A person or organisation that seemingly acts like a machine, being particularly efficient, single-minded, or unemotional
The government has become a money-making machine.
- machine
- A vehicle operated mechanically; an automobile
- machine
- A computer
Game developers assume they're pushing the limits of the machine.
- machine
- A mechanical or electrical device that performs or assists in the performance of human tasks, whether physical or computational, laborious or for entertainment
- machine
- to shape or finish by machinery
- machine
- Especially, the group that controls a political or similar organization
- machine
- An answering machine or, by extension, voice mail
I called you earlier, but all I got was the machine.
- machine
- to make by machinery
- machine code
- System of instructions and data directly understandable by a computer's central processing unit
- machine gun
- A type of firearm that continuously fires bullets in rapid succession
- machine guns
- plural form of machine gun
- machine independent
- Not dependent on the type of computer system on which software is being executed
Many techniques have been tried to get a workable system of machine independent code.
- machine instruction
- Any of a set of discrete instructions, each with its own binary representation and associated assembly language mnemonic, that a CPU can execute; typically they will involve the movement, comparison or manipulation of data
- machine instructions
- plural form of machine instruction
- machine language
- The set of instructions that a particular computer is designed to execute; generated from a high-level language by an assembler, compiler or interpreter
Though machine language is efficient for computers, it is inefficient for programmers.
- machine languages
- plural form of machine language
- machine learning
- A field concerned with the design and development of algorithms and techniques that allow computers to learn
- machine of government
- A political machine
- machine pistol
- A lightweight submachine gun, capable of being fired with one hand
- machine politician
- a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends
- machine room
- A dedicated room for computers and related data processing equipment, often having a raised floor, abundant and dedicated air conditioning, and specialized power supply and fire suppression systems
- machine room
- A limited-access room in a larger building dedicated to HVAC equipment and other machinery
- machine rooms
- plural form of machine room
- machine screw
- A screw designed for metal or a similar material, usually with no point and a relatively fine thread, intended for prepared, threaded holes
- machine screws
- plural form of machine screw
- machine shop
- A facility that has machine tools for working with metals or other relatively hard materials, such as some polymers. Various kinds of machine shops make and repair all types of metal objects, from machine tools, dies, and molds to mass-produced parts such as screws, pistons, or gears
- machine shops
- plural form of machine shop
- machine tool
- A tool, usually itself a machine and usually power-driven, used for machining. Examples include lathes, milling machines, shapers, planers, hobbers, drill presses, jig borers, and others
- machine tools
- plural form of machine tool
- machine translation
- The act of translating a computer language into a form more directly usable by the computer
- machine translation
- The act of translating something by means of a machine, especially a computer
- machine-gun
- To fire a machine gun
- machine-gun
- To kill people with a machine gun
- machine-gunner
- Someone who uses a machine gun
- machine-readable
- Capable of being read by a machine; especially by a computer system
- machine-readable dictionaries
- plural form of machine-readable dictionary
- machine-readable dictionary
- An electronic dictionary that is designed to be interpretable by machines (either as well as by humans, or instead of by humans)
- machine-translation
- Attributive form of machine translation
machine-translation expert.
- machine-washable
- Dishwasher-safe
Modern dishwashers clean most pots, pans, china and cutlery . Several china and cutlery manufacturers now indicate that their goods are machine-washable.
- machine-washable
- Capable of being washed in a washing machine without being damaged
- man-machine
- Of or pertaining to a system that includes both human and machine and/or their interface
The man-machine system is a combination of people and equipment interacting to produce a desired result from given inputs. .
- man-machine
- A state of "oneness", between a programmer and his computer. When the observer cannot readily identify the transition between the human programmer (usually some form of system engineer) and the computer
- milling machine
- A machine tool in which a rotating cutter is moved against the workpiece (or vice versa) in order to cut the latter to a desired shape
- money machine
- A very profitable scheme or institution, sometimes one that disregards aesthetic or spiritual concerns in favour of making money
- perpetual motion machine
- a hypothetical device that exhibits perpetual motion, especially one that does useful work with no input of energy
- poker machine
- slot machine (for gambling)
- pokie machine
- slot machine (for gambling)
Australian clubs allow instant membership to anyone, so keen are they to share the diverting pleasures of the pokie machine.
- political machine
- A local political organization that controls a large number of personal votes and can therefore exert political influence
- rowing machine
- An exercise machine whose action resembles that of rowing a boat
- scrum machine
- a padded, weighty device against which a pack of rugby football forwards can practice scrummaging, and rucking. It is used by players of both rugby league and rugby union
- scrummaging machine
- A scrum machine
- sewing machine
- Any mechanical or electromechanical device used to stitch cloth or other material; normally uses two threads to form lock stitches
- sewing-machine
- Attributive form of sewing machine
with sewing-machine precision.
- sex machine
- Any machine that is used for sexual pleasure
- sex machine
- Someone with considerable sexual prowess
- simple machine
- A device that only requires the application of a single force to work
- slot machine
- Any machine operated by placing a coin or token into a slot
- slot machine
- A gambling machine so operated; a fruit machine or one-armed bandit
- slot machine
- three of a kind sevens
- slot machine
- A vending machine
- slotting machine
- A reciprocating machine tool used to cut mortises and to shape openings
- soda machine
- A vending machine that dispenses soft drinks
- state machine
- A formalism for describing computation, consisting of a set of states and a transition function describing when to move from one state to another
This algorithm will produce a state machine for parsing a given context-free grammar.
- telephone answering machine
- Alternative name of answering machine
- time machine
- A hypothetical device used to travel into the past or the future
Using a time machine caused Gene serious confusion. -.
- trowel machine
- a type of machine used to smooth a mould surface, thus putting a finishing touch on it
- universal Turing machine
- A Turing machine capable of simulating the behavior of any Turing machine
- unlimited register machine
- A particular type of theoretical computer, with infinitely many memory cells called registers, and formal rules to determine the machine's behavior based on the contents thereof
- vending machine
- A coin-operated, automatic machine that dispenses merchandise
- virtual machine
- A software emulation of a computer that runs in an isolated partition of a real computer
- virtual machine
- A computer system that is implemented in software rather than hardware and that runs bytecode
- von Neumann machine
- Any machine that is capable of self-replication
- von Neumann machine
- Any computer that has a central processing unit and can store programs in memory
- voting machine
- Any machine used in place of a paper ballot. In the model used in the US the voters mark their choice by switching levers and then pulling the master switch to reset the machine and place their vote
- war machine
- The military resources of a belligerent country considered as a whole
The German war machine was more powerful than that of the allies at the start of the war.
- war machine
- An individual weapon for war belonging to a nation's military
The United States has a powerful war machine at each one of their army bases.
- washing machine
- A machine, usually automatic, which washes clothes etc
- weighing machine
- a mechanical device, often coin-operated, for determining the weight of an object or person
- well-oiled machine
- Something that operates capably through the effective coordination of many parts
The writer is never enthusiastic and rarely Imaginative. His lines flow with the smoothness of a well-oiled machine.
- wind machine
- an electrically driven fan for generating currents of air during the production of films etc
- winnowing machine
- A machine which winnows grain
Thus, then, have the St. Edmundsbury Monks, without express ballot-box or other good winnowing-machine, contrived to accomplish the most important social feat a body of men can do, to winnow out the man that is to govern them Ballot-boxes, Reform Bills, winnowing-machines: all these are good, or are not so good; — alas, brethren, how can these, I say, be other than inadequate, be other than failures, melancholy to behold?.
- machine
- {n} any engine to aid human power in the application of force
- automated teller machine
- A machine which provides money or performs other banking services when a special card is inserted and a password is typed in
- mimeograph machine
- The mimeograph machine (commonly abbreviated to mimeo) or stencil duplicator is a largely obsolete printing machine that once held sway in businesses as cheaper per copy than commercial printing for small runs of several dozen to several thousand copies