AbstractPhil/geometric-vocab-256d huggingface dataset:
trojan: a program that appears desirable but actually contains something harmful the contents of a trojan can be a virus or a worm when he downloaded the free game it turned out to be a trojan horse
virus: a software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer a true virus cannot spread to another computer without human assistance
worm: a software program capable of reproducing itself that can spread from one computer to the next over a network worms take advantage of automatic file sending and receiving features found on many computers
macro: a single computer instruction that results in a series of instructions in machine language
system call: an instruction that interrupts the program being executed and passes control to the supervisor
software documentation: program listings or technical manuals describing the operation and use of programs
electronic database: (computer science) a database that can be accessed by computers
database management system: a software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database
read: something that is read the article was a very good read
impression: all the copies of a work printed at one time they ran off an initial printing of 2000 copies
variorum: an edition containing various versions of a text or notes by various scholars or editors
proof: (printing) an impression made to check for errors
collection: a publication containing a variety of works
album: one or more recordings issued together; originally released on 12-inch phonograph records (usually with attractive record covers) and later on cassette audiotape and compact disc
tribute album: concept album compiling a performer's work or work supporting some worthy cause
divan: a collection of Persian or Arabic poems (usually by one author)
florilegium: an anthology of short literary pieces and poems and ballads etc.
compilation: something that is compiled (as into a single book or file)
series: a periodical that appears at scheduled times
organ: a periodical that is published by a special interest group the organ of the communist party
magazine: a periodic publication containing pictures and stories and articles of interest to those who purchase it or subscribe to it it takes several years before a magazine starts to break even or make money
dope sheet: a racing publication giving information on horses and the outcomes of horse races
pulp: an inexpensive magazine printed on poor quality paper
slick: a magazine printed on good quality paper
issue: one of a series published periodically she found an old issue of the magazine in her dentist's waiting room
edition: an issue of a newspaper he read it in yesterday's edition of the Times
journal: a periodical dedicated to a particular subject he reads the medical journals
reading: written material intended to be read the teacher assigned new readings he bought some reading material at the airport
bumf: reading materials (documents, written information) that you must read and deal with but that you think are extremely boring
perusal: reading carefully with intent to remember
browse: reading superficially or at random
skim: reading or glancing through quickly
message: what a communication that is about something is about
subject: the subject matter of a conversation or discussion he didn't want to discuss that subject it was a very sensitive topic his letters were always on the theme of love
bone of contention: the subject of a dispute the real bone of contention, as you know, is money
didacticism: communication that is suitable for or intended to be instructive the didacticism expected in books for the young the didacticism of the 19th century gave birth to many great museums
digression: a message that departs from the main subject
declarative sentence: a sentence (in the indicative mood) that makes a declaration
meaning: the message that is intended or expressed or signified what is the meaning of this sentence the significance of a red traffic light the signification of Chinese characters the import of his announcement was ambiguous
symbolization: the use of symbols to convey meaning
sense: the meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted the dictionary gave several senses for the word in the best sense charity is really a duty the signifier is linked to the signified
word meaning: the accepted meaning of a word
intension: what you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression
effect: the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
amphibology: an ambiguous grammatical construction; e.g., `they are flying planes' can mean either that someone is flying planes or that something is flying planes
dysphemism: an offensive or disparaging expression that is substituted for an inoffensive one his favorite dysphemism was to ask for axle grease when he wanted butter
intent: the intended meaning of a communication
moral: the significance of a story or event the moral of the story is to love thy neighbor
nuance: a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude without understanding the finer nuances you can't enjoy the humor don't argue about shades of meaning
overtone: (usually plural) an ulterior implicit meaning or quality overtones of despair
crux: the most important point
point: a brief version of the essential meaning of something get to the point he missed the point of the joke life has lost its point
nonsense: a message that seems to convey no meaning
absurdity: a message whose content is at variance with reason
amphigory: nonsensical writing (usually verse)
balderdash: trivial nonsense
buzzword: stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition
cobblers: nonsense I think that is a load of cobblers
crock: nonsense; foolish talk that's a crock
fa la: meaningless syllables in the refrain of a partsong
gibberish: unintelligible talking
incoherence: nonsense that is simply incoherent and unintelligible
mummery: meaningless ceremonies and flattery
palaver: loud and confused and empty talk mere rhetoric
rigmarole: a set of confused and meaningless statements
shmegegge: (Yiddish) baloney; hot air; nonsense
stuff: senseless talk don't give me that stuff
babble: gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby
blather: foolish gibberish
double dutch: an incomprehensible talk
bill of goods: communication (written or spoken) that persuades someone to accept something untrue or undesirable they tried to sell me a bill of goods about a secondhand car
humbug: communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive
jabber: rapid and indistinct speech
baloney: pretentious or silly talk or writing
bullshit: obscene words for unacceptable behavior I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk what he said was mostly bull
bunk: unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)
folderol: nonsensical talk or writing
pap: worthless or oversimplified ideas
drivel: a worthless message
analects: a collection of excerpts from a literary work
clipping: an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine he searched through piles of letters and clippings
cut: a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc he played the first cut on the cd the title track of the album
quotation: a passage or expression that is quoted or cited
misquotation: an incorrect quotation
movie: a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement they went to a movie every Saturday night the film was shot on location
scene: a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film
feature: the principal (full-length) film in a program at a movie theater the feature tonight is `Casablanca'
travelogue: a film or illustrated lecture on traveling
western: a film about life in the western United States during the period of exploration and development
cartoon: a film made by photographing a series of cartoon drawings to give the illusion of movement when projected in rapid sequence
documentary: a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event
film noir: a movie that is marked by a mood of pessimism, fatalism, menace, and cynical characters film noir was applied by French critics to describe American thriller or detective films in the 1940s
silent movie: a movie without a soundtrack
cut: (film) an immediate transition from one shot to the next the cut from the accident scene to the hospital seemed too abrupt
spaghetti western: a low-budget Western movie produced by a European (especially an Italian) film company
talking picture: a movie with synchronized speech and singing
three-d: a movie with images having three dimensional form or appearance
show: a social event involving a public performance or entertainment they wanted to see some of the shows on Broadway
broadcast: a radio or television show did you see his program last night?
news program: a program devoted to current events, often using interviews and commentary we watch the 7 o'clock news every night
rerun: a program that is broadcast again she likes to watch `I love Lucy' reruns
talk show: a program during which well-known people discuss a topic or answer questions telephoned in by the audience in England they call a talk show a chat show
television program: a program broadcast by television
colorcast: a television program that is broadcast in color
pilot program: a program exemplifying a contemplated series; intended to attract sponsors
game show: a television or radio program in which contestants compete for awards
serial: a serialized set of programs a comedy series the Masterworks concert series
episode: a part of a broadcast serial
telegram: a message transmitted by telegraph
registered mail: mail that is registered by the post office when sent in order to assure safe delivery
kamasutra: (Hinduism) an ancient Sanskrit text giving rules for sensuous and sensual pleasure and love and marriage in accordance with Hindu law
letter: a written message addressed to a person or organization mailed an indignant letter to the editor
covering letter: a letter sent along with other documents to provide additional information
encyclical: a letter from the pope sent to all Roman Catholic bishops throughout the world
airmail letter: a letter sent by air mail
note: a short personal letter drop me a line when you get there
excuse: a note explaining an absence he had to get his mother to write an excuse for him
love letter: a personal letter to a loved one expressing affection
dead letter: mail that can neither be delivered nor returned
card: a rectangular piece of stiff paper used to send messages (may have printed greetings or pictures) they sent us a card from Miami
christmas card: a card expressing a Christmas greeting
easter card: a card expressing an Easter greeting
valentine: a card sent or given (as to a sweetheart) on Saint Valentine's Day
postcard: a card for sending messages by post without an envelope
mass card: (Roman Catholic Church) a card sent to a bereaved family that says the sender has arranged for a Mass to be said in memory of the deceased
acknowledgment: a statement acknowledging something or someone she must have seen him but she gave no sign of acknowledgment the preface contained an acknowledgment of those who had helped her
farewell: an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting
adieu: a farewell remark they said their good-byes
bon voyage: an organized expression of goodwill at the start of a trip or new venture
greeting: (usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting)
well-wishing: an expression of good will from one person to another much hand-shaking and well-wishing
regard: (usually plural) a polite expression of desire for someone's welfare give him my kind regards my best wishes
reception: the manner in which something is greeted she did not expect the cold reception she received from her superiors
pax: (Roman Catholic Church) a greeting signifying Christian love for those assisting at the Eucharist
welcome: a greeting or reception the proposal got a warm welcome
cordial reception: kindness in welcoming guests or strangers
inhospitality: unkind and inconsiderate welcome he was taken aback by such inhospitality
aloha: an acknowledgment that can be used to say hello or goodbye (aloha is Hawaiian and ciao is Italian)
handshake: grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract)
hello: an expression of greeting every morning they exchanged polite hellos
good morning: a conventional expression of greeting or farewell
good afternoon: a conventional expression of greeting or farewell
salute: a formal military gesture of respect
calling card: a printed or written greeting that is left to indicate that you have visited
apology: an expression of regret at having caused trouble for someone he wrote a letter of apology to the hostess
condolence: an expression of sympathy with another's grief they sent their condolences
congratulation: the act of acknowledging that someone has an occasion for celebration
declination: a polite refusal of an invitation
information: a message received and understood
material: information (data or ideas or observations) that can be used or reworked into a finished form the archives provided rich material for a definitive biography
rehash: old material that is slightly reworked and used again merely a dull rehash of his first novel
details: true confidential information after the trial he gave us the real details
dope: slang terms for inside information is that the straight dope?
fact: a statement or assertion of verified information about something that is the case or has happened he supported his argument with an impressive array of facts
record: a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone Al Smith used to say, `Let's look at the record' his name is in all the record books
format: the organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing)
low-level formatting: (computer science) the format of sectors on the surface of a hard disk drive so that the operating system can access them and setting a starting position
gen: informal term for information give me the gen on your new line of computers
relational database: a database in which relations between information items are explicitly specified as accessible attributes in a relational database the data are organized as a number of differently sized tables
medical literature analysis and retrieval system: relational database of the United States National Library of Medicine for the storage and retrieval of bibliographical information concerning the biomedical literature
machine readable dictionary: a machine-readable version of a standard dictionary; organized alphabetically
wordnet: a machine-readable lexical database organized by meanings; developed at Princeton University
basics: a statement of fundamental facts or principles
index: a number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts; can reveal relative changes as a function of time
body mass index: a measure of someone's weight in relation to height; to calculate one's BMI, multiply one's weight in pounds and divide that by the square of one's height in inches; overweight is a BMI greater than 25; obese is a BMI greater than 30
business index: a statistical compilation that provides a context for economic or financial conditions this business index is computed relative to the base year of 2005
dow jones: an indicator of stock market prices; based on the share values of 30 blue-chip stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange the Dow Jones Industrial Average is the most widely cited indicator of how the stock market is doing
standard and poor's: a broadly based stock market index
price index: an index that traces the relative changes in the price of an individual good (or a market basket of goods) over time
producer price index: an index of changes in wholesale prices
consumer price index: an index of the cost of all goods and services to a typical consumer
stock index: index based on a statistical compilation of the share prices of a number of representative stocks
news: information about recent and important events they awaited news of the outcome
news: informal information of any kind that is not previously known to someone it was news to me
intelligence: secret information about an enemy (or potential enemy) we sent out planes to gather intelligence on their radar coverage
latest: the most recent news or development have you heard the latest?
evidence: an indication that makes something evident his trembling was evidence of his fear
clue: evidence that helps to solve a problem
dna fingerprint: biometric identification obtained by examining a person's unique sequence of DNA base pairs; often used for evidence in criminal law cases
face recognition: biometric identification by scanning a person's face and matching it against a library of known faces they used face recognition to spot known terrorists
finger scan: biometric identification by automatically scanning a person's fingerprints electronically
footprint: a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface the police made casts of the footprints in the soft earth outside the window
footprint evidence: evidence in the form of footprints there was footprint evidence that he had been at the scene of the crime
iris scanning: biometric identification by scanning the iris of the eye the structure of the iris is very distinctive
retinal scanning: biometric identification by scanning the retina of the eye identification by retinal scanning is complicated by eye movements
voiceprint: biometric identification by electronically recording and graphically representing a person's voice voiceprints are uniquely characteristic of individual speakers
sign: a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened) he showed signs of strain they welcomed the signs of spring
trace: an indication that something has been present there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim a tincture of condescension
footprint: a trace suggesting that something was once present or felt or otherwise important the footprints of an earlier civilization
record: anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events the film provided a valuable record of stage techniques
demonstration: proof by a process of argument or a series of proposition proving an asserted conclusion
testimony: something that serves as evidence his effort was testimony to his devotion
good authority: testimony by someone who should know I have it on good authority
testament: strong evidence for something his easy victory was a testament to his skill
argument: a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true it was a strong argument that his hypothesis was true
case: a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument he stated his case clearly
clincher: an argument that is conclusive
last word: the final statement in a verbal argument she always gets the last word
reinforcement: information that makes more forcible or convincing his gestures provided eloquent reinforcement for his complaints
documentation: confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence
guidance: something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action
cynosure: something that provides guidance (as Polaris guides mariners) let faith be your cynosure to walk by
tip: an indication of potential opportunity he got a tip on the stock market a good lead for a job
rule: any one of a systematic body of regulations defining the way of life of members of a religious order the rule of St. Dominic
rule: prescribed guide for conduct or action
order: a body of rules followed by an assembly
miranda rule: the rule that police (when interrogating you after an arrest) are obliged to warn you that anything you say may be used as evidence and to read you your constitutional rights (the right to a lawyer and the right to remain silent until advised by a lawyer)
principle: rule of personal conduct
golden rule: any important rule the golden rule of teaching is to be clear
gigo: (computer science) a rule stating that the quality of the output is a function of the quality of the input; put garbage in and you get garbage out
policy: a line of argument rationalizing the course of action of a government they debated the policy or impolicy of the proposed legislation
new deal: the economic policy of F. D. Roosevelt
control: the economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc. they wanted to repeal all the legislation that imposed economic controls
ceiling: an upper limit on what is allowed he put a ceiling on the number of women who worked for him there was a roof on salaries they established a cap for prices
floor: a lower limit the government established a wage floor
price floor: floor below which prices are not allowed to fall the government used price supports to maintain the price floor
affirmative action: a policy designed to redress past discrimination against women and minority groups through measures to improve their economic and educational opportunities affirmative action has been extremely controversial and was challenged in 1978 in the Bakke decision
fence mending: social action to improve poor relations (especially in politics) they moved forward from a period of fence mending to substantive changes in the country
trade barrier: any regulation or policy that restricts international trade
quota: a limitation on imports the quota for Japanese imports was negotiated
embargo: a government order imposing a trade barrier
party line: the policy of a political group He won in a vote along party lines
intervention: a policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries
nonintervention: a foreign policy of staying out of other countries' disputes
nonaggression: a policy of not initiating hostilities they signed a nonaggression pact
monroe doctrine: an American foreign policy opposing interference in the western hemisphere from outside powers
truman doctrine: President Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideology
trade policy: a government's policy controlling foreign trade
open-door policy: the policy of granting equal trade opportunities to all countries
zero-tolerance policy: any policy that allows no exception a zero-tolerance policy toward pedophile priests
zionism: a policy for establishing and developing a national homeland for Jews in Palestine
ethic: a system of principles governing morality and acceptable conduct
regulation: an authoritative rule
canon: a rule or especially body of rules or principles generally established as valid and fundamental in a field or art or philosophy the neoclassical canon canons of polite society
protocol: (computer science) rules determining the format and transmission of data
file transfer protocol: protocol that allows users to copy files between their local system and any system they can reach on the network
anonymous ftp: a common way to make software available; users are allowed to log in as `guest' without a password and copy whatever has been made available
hypertext transfer protocol: a protocol (utilizing TCP) to transfer hypertext requests and information between servers and browsers
musical instrument digital interface: a standard protocol for communication between electronic musical instruments and computers
transmission control protocol: a protocol developed for the internet to get data from one network device to another TCP uses a retransmission strategy to insure that data will not be lost in transmission
transmission control protocol/internet protocol: a set of protocols (including TCP) developed for the internet in the 1970s to get data from one network device to another
closure: a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body
closure by compartment: closure imposed on the debate of specific sections of a bill
code: a set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones)