answer back »
To issue echo characters, protocol responses, reflexive connection requests, etc.
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blow off »
To shoot something with a gun, causing it to come disconnected.
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break up »
Of a telephone conversation, to cease to be understandable because of a bad connection.
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bridge »
A device which connects two or more computer buses, typically in a transparent manner.
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bridge »
A system which connects two or more local area networks at layer 2.
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bridge »
A valence bond, atom or chain of atoms that connects two different parts of a molecule; the atoms so connected being bridgeheads.
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bridge »
An edge which, if removed, changes a connected graph to one that is not connected.
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bridge »
An unintended solder connection between two or more components or pins.
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burn one's bridges »
To destroy one's path, connections, reputation, opportunities, etc.
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idiot mittens »
Mittens connected by yarn or string running through one sleeve, along the back and out the other sleeve of a coat, to prevent the mittens becoming lost. Generally worn by small children.
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it's not what you know but who you know »
For success, and especially to obtain employment, one's knowledge and skills are less useful and less important than one's network of personal contacts.1951, G. P. Bush and L. H. Hattery, "Federal Recruitment of Junior Engineers," Science, vol. 114, no. 2966, p. 456:Eighty-four students referred to political influence as a disadvantage of federal employment with such remarks as: "There are too many political connections necessary . . . it's not what you know but who you know
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ivory tower »
A sheltered, overly-academic existence or perspective, implying a disconnection or lack of awareness of reality or practical considerations.
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jack in »
To insert an electronic coupling into a receptacle; to connect to something, whether involving a physical medium or not.
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kick in »
To start or connect suddenly.
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kick out »
To stop, stall, or disconnect suddenly.
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