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heartbeat
(encz) | heartbeat,puls n: Zdeněk Brož |
heartbeat
(encz) | heartbeat,tep n: Zdeněk Brož |
heartbeat
(gcide) | heartbeat \heartbeat\ n.
the audible and palpable rhythmic contraction and expansion
of the arteries with each beat of the heart; as, he listened
to her heartbeat with a stethoscope.
Syn: pulse, pulsation, beat.
[WordNet 1.5]
in a heartbeat immediately.
[PJC] |
heartbeat
(wn) | heartbeat
n 1: the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with
each beat of the heart; "he could feel the beat of her
heart" [syn: pulse, pulsation, heartbeat, beat]
2: a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or
the heart to beat); "if I had the chance I'd do it in a
flash" [syn: blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat,
instant, jiffy, split second, trice, twinkling,
wink, New York minute]
3: an animating or vital unifying force; "New York is the
commercial heartbeat of America" |
heartbeat
(foldoc) | heartbeat
1. The signal emitted by a Level 2 Ethernet
transceiver at the end of every packet to show that the
collision-detection circuit is still connected.
2. A periodic synchronisation signal used by software or
hardware, such as a bus clock or a periodic interrupt.
3. The "natural" oscillation frequency of a computer's clock
crystal, before frequency division down to the machine's clock
rate.
4. A signal emitted at regular intervals by software to
demonstrate that it is still alive. Sometimes hardware is
designed to reboot the machine if it stops hearing a
heartbeat. See also breath-of-life packet, watchdog.
[Jargon File]
(1996-03-12)
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heartbeat
(jargon) | heartbeat
n.
1. The signal emitted by a Level 2 Ethernet transceiver at the end of every
packet to show that the collision-detection circuit is still connected.
2. A periodic synchronization signal used by software or hardware, such as
a bus clock or a periodic interrupt.
3. The ‘natural’ oscillation frequency of a computer's clock crystal,
before frequency division down to the machine's clock rate.
4. A signal emitted at regular intervals by software to demonstrate that it
is still alive. Sometimes hardware is designed to reboot the machine if it
stops hearing a heartbeat. See also breath-of-life packet.
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in a heartbeat
(encz) | in a heartbeat,okamžitě adv: [id.] Pinoin a heartbeat,ve mžiku adv: [id.] Pino |
in a heartbeat
(gcide) | heartbeat \heartbeat\ n.
the audible and palpable rhythmic contraction and expansion
of the arteries with each beat of the heart; as, he listened
to her heartbeat with a stethoscope.
Syn: pulse, pulsation, beat.
[WordNet 1.5]
in a heartbeat immediately.
[PJC] |
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