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         n 1: a police officer who investigates crimes [syn: {detective},
               {investigator}, {tec}, {police detective}]

English Dictionary: TEC	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tech n a school teaching mechanical and industrial arts and the applied sciences Synonym(s): technical school, tech
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techie n a technician who is highly proficient and enthusiastic about some technical field (especially computing) Synonym(s): techie, tekki
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technetium n a crystalline metallic element not found in nature; occurs as one of the fission products of uranium Synonym(s): technetium, Tc, atomic number 43
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technical adj of or relating to technique or proficiency in a practical skill; "his technical innovation was his brushwork"; "the technical dazzle of her dancing" Synonym(s): technical, proficient characterizing or showing skill in or specialized knowledge of applied arts and sciences; "a technical problem"; "highly technical matters hardly suitable for the general public"; "a technical report"; "producing the A-bomb was a challenge to the technical people of this country"; "technical training"; "technical language" Antonym(s): nontechnical, untechnical of or relating to a practical subject that is organized according to scientific principles; "technical college"; "technological development" Synonym(s): technical, technological of or relating to or requiring special knowledge to be understood; "technical terminology"; "a technical report"; "technical language" Synonym(s): technical, expert resulting from or dependent on market factors rather than fundamental economic considerations; "analysts content that the stock market is due for a technical rally"; "the fall is only a technical correction" n a pickup truck with a gun mounted on it (basketball) a foul that can be assessed on a player or a coach or a team for unsportsmanlike conduct; does not usually involve physical contact during play Synonym(s): technical foul, technical
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technical analysis n (stock exchange) analysis of past price changes in the hope of forecasting future price changes Synonym(s): technical analysis, technical analysis of stock trends
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technical analysis of stock trends n (stock exchange) analysis of past price changes in the hope of forecasting future price changes Synonym(s): technical analysis, technical analysis of stock trends
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technical analyst n a stock market analyst who tries to predict market trends from graphs of recent prices of securities Synonym(s): chartist, technical analyst
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technical foul n (basketball) a foul that can be assessed on a player or a coach or a team for unsportsmanlike conduct; does not usually involve physical contact during play Synonym(s): technical foul, technical
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
technical grade adj containing small amounts of other chemicals, hence slightly impure; "technical-grade sulfuric acid" Synonym(s): technical-grade, technical grade
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technical knockout n a knockout declared by the referee who judges one boxer unable to continue Synonym(s): technical knockout, TKO
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technical school n a school teaching mechanical and industrial arts and the applied sciences Synonym(s): technical school, tech
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technical sergeant n a noncommissioned officer ranking below a master sergeant in the air force or marines
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technical-grade adj containing small amounts of other chemicals, hence slightly impure; "technical-grade sulfuric acid" Synonym(s): technical-grade, technical grade
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technicality n a detail that is considered insignificant [syn: technicality, trifle, triviality]
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technically adv with regard to technique; "technically lagging behind the Japanese"; "a technically brilliant boxer" with regard to technical skill and the technology available; "a technically brilliant solution" according to the exact meaning; according to the facts; "technically, a bank's reserves belong to the stockholders"; "technically, the term is no longer used by experts"
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technician n someone whose occupation involves training in a specific technical process someone known for high skill in some intellectual or artistic technique
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technicolor n a trademarked method of making color motion pictures
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technique n a practical method or art applied to some particular task skillfulness in the command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity; "practice greatly improves proficiency" Synonym(s): proficiency, technique
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techno n a style of fast heavy electronic dance music usually without vocals
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technobabble n technical jargon from computing and other high-tech subjects
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technocracy n a form of government in which scientists and technical experts are in control; "technocracy was described as that society in which those who govern justify themselves by appeal to technical experts who justify themselves by appeal to scientific forms of knowledge"
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technocrat n an expert who is a member of a highly skilled elite group an advocate of technocracy
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technological adj based in scientific and industrial progress; "a technological civilization" of or relating to a practical subject that is organized according to scientific principles; "technical college"; "technological development" Synonym(s): technical, technological
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technological revolution n the transformation from an agricultural to an industrial nation Synonym(s): Industrial Revolution, technological revolution
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technologically adv by means of technology; "technologically impossible"
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technologist n a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems Synonym(s): engineer, applied scientist, technologist
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technology n the practical application of science to commerce or industry Synonym(s): technology, engineering the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems; "he had trouble deciding which branch of engineering to study" Synonym(s): engineering, engineering science, applied science, technology
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Technology Administration n an agency in the Department of Commerce that works with United States industries to promote competitiveness and maximize the impact of technology on economic growth
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technophile n a person who is enthusiastic about new technology [ant: technophobe]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
technophilia n enthusiasm for new technology
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technophilic adj of or relating to or showing technophilia
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technophobe n a person who dislikes or avoids new technology [ant: technophile]
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technophobia n dislike for new technology
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technophobic adj of or relating to or showing technophobia
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techy adj easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen" Synonym(s): cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, testy, tetchy, techy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Tecophilaeacea n one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted Synonym(s): Tecophilaeacea, family Tecophilaeacea
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Tectaria n terrestrial or epilithic ferns of tropical rain forests Synonym(s): Tectaria, genus Tectaria
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Tectaria cicutaria n Jamaican fern having round buttonlike bulbils [syn: {button fern}, Tectaria cicutaria]
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Tectaria macrodonta n fern of tropical Asia having round buttonlike bulbils [syn: Indian button fern, Tectaria macrodonta]
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Tectona n small genus of southeastern Asian tropics: teak [syn: Tectona, genus Tectona]
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Tectona grandis n tall East Indian timber tree now planted in western Africa and tropical America for its hard durable wood Synonym(s): teak, Tectona grandis
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tectonic adj pertaining to the structure or movement of the earth's crust; "tectonic plates"; "tectonic valleys" of or pertaining to construction or architecture Synonym(s): tectonic, architectonic
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tectonic movement n movement resulting from or causing deformation of the earth's crust Synonym(s): crustal movement, tectonic movement
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tectonics n the science of architecture [syn: architectonics, tectonics] the branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust Synonym(s): tectonics, plate tectonics, plate tectonic theory
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Tecumseh n a famous chief of the Shawnee who tried to unite Indian tribes against the increasing white settlement (1768-1813) Synonym(s): Tecumseh, Tecumtha
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Tecumtha n a famous chief of the Shawnee who tried to unite Indian tribes against the increasing white settlement (1768-1813) Synonym(s): Tecumseh, Tecumtha
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Techily \Tech"i*ly\, adv.       In a techy manner.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Techiness \Tech"i*ness\, n.       The quality or state of being techy.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Technic \Tech"nic\, n. [See {Technical}, a.]       1. The method of performance in any art; technical skill;             artistic execution; technique.                         They illustrate the method of nature, not the                      technic of a manlike Artificer.         --Tyndall.          2. pl. Technical terms or objects; things pertaining to the             practice of an art or science.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Technic \Tech"nic\, a.       Technical.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Technical \Tech"nic*al\, a. [Gr. [?], fr. [?] an art, probably       from the same root as [?], [?], to bring forth, produce, and       perhaps akin to E. text: cf. F. technique.]       Of or pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts, or to any       science, business, or the like; specially appropriate to any       art, science, or business; as, the words of an indictment       must be technical. --Blackstone.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Technicality \Tech`ni*cal"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Technicalities}.       1. The quality or state of being technical; technicalness.          2. That which is technical, or peculiar to any trade,             profession, sect, or the like.                         The technicalities of the sect.         --Palfrey.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Technicality \Tech`ni*cal"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Technicalities}.       1. The quality or state of being technical; technicalness.          2. That which is technical, or peculiar to any trade,             profession, sect, or the like.                         The technicalities of the sect.         --Palfrey.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Technically \Tech"nic*al*ly\, adv.       In a technical manner; according to the signification of       terms as used in any art, business, or profession.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Technicalness \Tech"nic*al*ness\, n.       The quality or state of being technical; technicality.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Technicals \Tech"nic*als\, n. pl.       Those things which pertain to the practical part of an art,       science, or profession; technical terms; technics.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Technician \Tech*ni"cian\, n.       A technicist; esp., one skilled particularly in the technical       details of his work.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Technicist \Tech"ni*cist\, n.       One skilled in technics or in one or more of the practical       arts.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Technicological \Tech`ni*co*log"ic*al\, a.       Technological; technical. [R.] --Dr. J. Scott.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Technicology \Tech`ni*col"o*gy\, n.       Technology. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Technics \Tech"nics\, n.       The doctrine of arts in general; such branches of learning as       respect the arts.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Techniphone \Tech"ni*phone\, n. [Gr. [?] art + -phone.] (Music)       A dumb gymnastic apparatus for training the hands of pianists       and organists, as to a legato touch.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Technique \Tech`nique"\, n. [F.]       Same as {Technic}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Technism \Tech"nism\, n.       Technicality.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Technography \Tech*nog"ra*phy\, n. [Gr. [?] art, skill, craft +       graph.]       Description of the arts and crafts of tribes and peoples. --       {Tech`no*graph"ic}, {Tech`no*graph"ic*al}, a.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Technography \Tech*nog"ra*phy\, n. [Gr. [?] art, skill, craft +       graph.]       Description of the arts and crafts of tribes and peoples. --       {Tech`no*graph"ic}, {Tech`no*graph"ic*al}, a.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Technography \Tech*nog"ra*phy\, n. [Gr. [?] art, skill, craft +       graph.]       Description of the arts and crafts of tribes and peoples. --       {Tech`no*graph"ic}, {Tech`no*graph"ic*al}, a.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Technologic \Tech`no*log"ic\, a.       Technological.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Technological \Tech`no*log"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. technologique.]       Of or pertaining to technology.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Technologist \Tech*nol"o*gist\, n.       One skilled in technology; one who treats of arts, or of the       terms of arts.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Technology \Tech*nol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. [?] an art + -logy; cf. Gr.       [?] systematic treatment: cf. F. technologie.]       Industrial science; the science of systematic knowledge of       the industrial arts, especially of the more important       manufactures, as spinning, weaving, metallurgy, etc.          Note: Technology is not an independent science, having a set                of doctrines of its own, but consists of applications                of the principles established in the various physical                sciences (chemistry, mechanics, mineralogy, etc.) to                manufacturing processes. --Internat. Cyc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Techy \Tech"y\, a. [From OE. tecche, tache, a habit, bad habit,       vice, OF. tache, teche, a spot, stain, blemish, habit, vice,       F. tache a spot, blemish; probably akin to E. tack a small       nail. See {Tack} a small nail, and cf. {Touchy}.]       Peevish; fretful; irritable.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Trumpet \Trump"et\, n. [F. trompette, dim. of trompe. See       {Trump} a trumpet.]       1. (Mus.) A wind instrument of great antiquity, much used in             war and military exercises, and of great value in the             orchestra. In consists of a long metallic tube, curved             (once or twice) into a convenient shape, and ending in a             bell. Its scale in the lower octaves is limited to the             first natural harmonics; but there are modern trumpets             capable, by means of valves or pistons, of producing every             tone within their compass, although at the expense of the             true ringing quality of tone.                         The trumpet's loud clangor Excites us to arms.                                                                               --Dryden.          2. (Mil.) A trumpeter. --Clarendon.          3. One who praises, or propagates praise, or is the             instrument of propagating it. --Shak.                         That great politician was pleased to have the                      greatest wit of those times . . . to be the trumpet                      of his praises.                                 --Dryden.          4. (Mach) A funnel, or short, fiaring pipe, used as a guide             or conductor, as for yarn in a knitting machine.          {Ear trumpet}. See under {Ear}.          {Sea trumpet} (Bot.), a great seaweed ({Ecklonia buccinalis})             of the Southern Ocean. It has a long, hollow stem,             enlarging upwards, which may be made into a kind of             trumpet, and is used for many purposes.          {Speaking trumpet}, an instrument for conveying articulate             sounds with increased force.          {Trumpet animalcule} (Zo[94]l.), any infusorian belonging to             Stentor and allied genera, in which the body is             trumpet-shaped. See {Stentor}.          {Trumpet ash} (Bot.), the trumpet creeper. [Eng.]          {Trumpet conch} (Zo[94]l.), a trumpet shell, or triton.          {Trumpet creeper} (Bot.), an American climbing plant ({Tecoma             radicans}) bearing clusters of large red trumpet-shaped             flowers; -- called also {trumpet flower}, and in England             {trumpet ash}.          {Trumpet fish}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The bellows fish.             (b) The fistularia.          {Trumpet flower}. (Bot.)             (a) The trumpet creeper; also, its blossom.             (b) The trumpet honeysuckle.             (c) A West Indian name for several plants with                   trumpet-shaped flowers.          {Trumpet fly} (Zo[94]l.), a botfly.          {Trumpet honeysuckle} (Bot.), a twining plant ({Lonicera             sempervirens}) with red and yellow trumpet-shaped flowers;             -- called also {trumpet flower}.          {Trumpet leaf} (Bot.), a name of several plants of the genus             {Sarracenia}.          {Trumpet major} (Mil.), the chief trumpeter of a band or             regiment.          {Trumpet marine} (Mus.), a monochord, having a thick string,             sounded with a bow, and stopped with the thumb so as to             produce the harmonic tones; -- said to be the oldest bowed             instrument known, and in form the archetype of all others.             It probably owes its name to [bd]its external resemblance             to the large speaking trumpet used on board Italian             vessels, which is of the same length and tapering             shape.[b8] --Grove.          {Trumpet shell} (Zo[94]l.), any species of large marine             univalve shells belonging to Triton and allied genera. See             {Triton}, 2.          {Trumpet tree}. (Bot.) See {Trumpetwood}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tectibranch \Tec`ti*branch\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       One of the Tectibranchiata. Also used adjectively.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tectibranchiate \Tec`ti*bran"chi*ate\, a. [L. tectus (p. p. of       tegere to cover) + E. branchiate.] (Zo[94]l.)       Having the gills covered by the mantle; of or pertaining to       the Tectibranchiata. -- n. A tectibranchiate mollusk.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tectly \Tect"ly\, adv. [L. tectus covered, fr. tegere to cover.]       Covertly; privately; secretly. [Obs.] --Holinshed.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tectology \Tec*tol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. [?] a carpenter + -logy.]       (Biol.)       A division of morphology created by Haeckel; the science of       organic individuality constituting the purely structural       portion of morphology, in which the organism is regarded as       composed of organic individuals of different orders, each       organ being considered an individual. See {Promorphology},       and {Morphon}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Teak \Teak\, n. [Malayalm tekku.] (Bot.)       A tree of East Indies ({Tectona grandis}) which furnishes an       extremely strong and durable timber highly valued for       shipbuilding and other purposes; also, the timber of the       tree. [Written also {teek}.]          {African teak}, a tree ({Oldfieldia Africana}) of Sierra             Leone; also, its very heavy and durable wood; -- called             also {African oak}.          {New Zeland teak}, a large tree ({Vitex littoralis}) of New             Zeland; also, its hard, durable timber.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tectonic \Tec*ton"ic\, a.       1. (Biol.) Structural.          2. (Geol. & Phys. Geog.) Of, pert. to, or designating, the             rock structures and external forms resulting from the             deformation of the earth's crust; as, tectonic arches or             valleys.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tectonic \Tec*ton"ic\, a. [L. tectonicus, Gr. [?], fr. [?], [?],       a carpenter, builder.]       Of or pertaining to building or construction; architectural.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tectonics \Tec*ton"ics\, n.       The science or art by which implements, vessels, buildings,       etc., are constructed, both in relation to their use and to       their artistic design.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tectonics \Tec*ton"ics\, n.       The science, or the art, by which implements, vessels,       dwellings, or other edifices, are constructed, both agreeably       to the end for which they are designed, and in conformity       with artistic sentiments and ideas.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tectorial \Tec*to"ri*al\, a. [L. tectorius.] (Anat.)       Of or pertaining to covering; -- applied to a membrane       immediately over the organ of Corti in the internal ear.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tecum \Te"cum\, n. (Bot.)       See {Tucum}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Tucum \[d8]Tu"cum\, n. [So called by the Indians of Brazil.]       A fine, strong fiber obtained from the young leaves of a       Brazilian palm ({Astrocaryum vulgare}), used for cordage,       bowstrings, etc.; also, the plant yielding this fiber. Called       also {tecum}, and {tecum fiber}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tecum \Te"cum\, n. (Bot.)       See {Tucum}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Tucum \[d8]Tu"cum\, n. [So called by the Indians of Brazil.]       A fine, strong fiber obtained from the young leaves of a       Brazilian palm ({Astrocaryum vulgare}), used for cordage,       bowstrings, etc.; also, the plant yielding this fiber. Called       also {tecum}, and {tecum fiber}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Tucum \[d8]Tu"cum\, n. [So called by the Indians of Brazil.]       A fine, strong fiber obtained from the young leaves of a       Brazilian palm ({Astrocaryum vulgare}), used for cordage,       bowstrings, etc.; also, the plant yielding this fiber. Called       also {tecum}, and {tecum fiber}.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Tecate, CA       Zip code(s): 91980
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Techny, IL       Zip code(s): 60082
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Tecopa, CA       Zip code(s): 92389
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Tecumseh, KS       Zip code(s): 66542    Tecumseh, MI (city, FIPS 79120)       Location: 42.00608 N, 83.94448 W       Population (1990): 7462 (2999 housing units)       Area: 12.6 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 49286    Tecumseh, MO       Zip code(s): 65760    Tecumseh, NE (city, FIPS 48480)       Location: 40.37035 N, 96.18876 W       Population (1990): 1702 (817 housing units)       Area: 3.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 68450    Tecumseh, OK (city, FIPS 72650)       Location: 35.26326 N, 96.93320 W       Population (1990): 5750 (2464 housing units)       Area: 39.0 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 74873
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
Technobabble    John Barry    MIT Press 1991    ISBN 0-262-02333-4          Barry's book takes a critical and humorous look at the `technobabble'    of acronyms, neologisms, hyperbole, and metaphor spawned by the    computer industry.   Though he discusses some of the same mechanisms of    jargon formation that occur in hackish, most of what he chronicles is    actually suit-speak -- the obfuscatory language of press releases,    marketroids, and Silicon Valley CEOs rather than the playful jargon of    hackers (most of whom wouldn't be caught dead uttering the kind of    pompous, passive-voiced word salad he deplores).
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
TechRef /tek'ref/ n.   [MS-DOS] The original "IBM PC Technical    Reference Manual", including the BIOS listing and complete    schematics for the PC.   The only PC documentation in the    original-issue package that was considered serious by real hackers.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
TECO /tee'koh/ n.,v. obs.   1. [originally an acronym for    `[paper] Tape Editor and COrrector'; later, `Text Editor and    COrrector'] n. A text editor developed at MIT and modified by just    about everybody.   With all the dialects included, TECO may have been    the most prolific editor in use before {EMACS}, to which it was    directly ancestral.   Noted for its powerful    programming-language-like features and its unspeakably hairy syntax.    It is literally the case that every string of characters is a valid    TECO program (though probably not a useful one); one common game    used to be mentally working out what the TECO commands corresponding    to human names did.   2. vt. Originally, to edit using the TECO    editor in one of its infinite variations (see below).   3. vt.,obs.    To edit even when TECO is _not_ the editor being used!   This usage    is rare and now primarily historical.          As an example of TECO's obscurity, here is a TECO program that    takes a list of names such as:          Loser, J. Random       Quux, The Great       Dick, Moby       sorts them alphabetically according to surname, and then puts the    surname last, removing the comma, to produce the following:          Moby Dick       J. Random Loser       The Great Quux       The program is          [1 J^P$L$$       J <.-Z; .,(S,$ -D .)FX1 @F^B $K :L I $ G1 L>$$       (where ^B means `Control-B' (ASCII 0000010) and $ is actually an    {alt} or escape (ASCII 0011011) character).          In fact, this very program was used to produce the second, sorted    list from the first list.   The first hack at it had a {bug}: GLS    (the author) had accidentally omitted the `@' in front of `F^B',    which as anyone can see is clearly the {Wrong Thing}.   It worked    fine the second time.   There is no space to describe all the    features of TECO, but it may be of interest that `^P' means `sort'    and `J<.-Z; ... L>' is an idiomatic series of commands for `do once    for every line'.          In mid-1991, TECO is pretty much one with the dust of history,    having been replaced in the affections of hackerdom by {EMACS}.    Descendants of an early (and somewhat lobotomized) version adopted    by DEC can still be found lurking on VMS and a couple of crufty    PDP-11 operating systems, however, and ports of the more advanced    MIT versions remain the focus of some antiquarian interest.   See    also {retrocomputing}, {write-only language}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Technical/Office Protocol          (TOP) An {applications layer} {network} {application} and       {protocol stack} for {office automation} developed by {Boeing}       following the {OSI model}.   This {protocol} is very similar to       {MAP} except at the lowest levels, where it uses {Ethernet}       ({IEEE} {802.3}) rather than {Token Bus} ({IEEE} {802.4}).
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Technion          Israel Institute of Technology.          {Home (http://www.technion.ac.il/)}.          {(ftp://ftp.technion.ac.il/)}.          Address: Haifa, Israel.          (1995-05-09)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
technology          {Marketroid} jargon for "{software}", "{hardware}",       "{protocol}" or something else too technical to name.          The most flagrant abuse of this word has to be "{Windows NT}"       (New Technology) - {Microsoft}'s attempt to make the       incorporation of some ancient concepts into their OS sound       like real progress.   The irony, and even the meaning, of this       seems to be utterly lost on Microsoft whose {Windows 2000}       start-up screen proclaims "Based on NT Technology", (meaning       yet another version of NT, including some {Windows 95}       features at last).          See also: {solution}.          (2001-06-28)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Technology Enabled Relationship Manager          {Customer Relationship Management}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Technology of Object-Oriented Languages and Systems          (TOOLS) One of the oldest {object-oriented}       conferences, with 18 published proceedings volumes.   TOOLS is       organised by {Interactive Software Engineering}.          (1995-12-29)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
TechRef          /tek'ref/ [{MS-DOS}] The original "IBM PC Technical Reference       Manual", including the {BIOS} listing and complete schematics       for the PC.   The only PC documentation in the issue package       that's considered serious by real hackers.          [{Jargon File}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
TECO          /tee'koh/ (Originally an acronym for "[paper]       Tape Editor and COrrector"; later, "Text Editor and       COrrector"]) A {text editor} developed at {MIT} and modified       by just about everybody.   With all the dialects included, TECO       may have been the most prolific editor in use before {Emacs},       to which it was directly ancestral.   The first {Emacs} editor       was written in TECO.          It was noted for its powerful programming-language-like       features and its unspeakably {hairy} {syntax} (see {write-only       language}).   TECO programs are said to resemble {line noise}.       Every string of characters is a valid TECO program (though       probably not a useful one); one common game used to be predict       what the TECO commands corresponding to human names did.          As an example of TECO's obscurity, here is a TECO program that       takes a list of names such as:          Loser, J. Random       Quux, The Great       Dick, Moby          sorts them alphabetically according to surname, and then puts       the surname last, removing the comma, to produce the       following:          Moby Dick       J. Random Loser       The Great Quux          The program is          [1 J^P$L$$       J <.-Z; .,(S,$ -D .)FX1 @F^B $K :L I $ G1 L>$$          (where ^B means "Control-B" (ASCII 0000010) and $ is actually       an {alt} or escape (ASCII 0011011) character).          In fact, this very program was used to produce the second,       sorted list from the first list.   The first hack at it had a       {bug}: GLS (the author) had accidentally omitted the "@" in       front of "F^B", which as anyone can see is clearly the {Wrong       Thing}.   It worked fine the second time.   There is no space to       describe all the features of TECO, but "^P" means "sort" and       "J<.-Z; ... L>" is an idiomatic series of commands for "do       once for every line".          By 1991, {Emacs} had replaced TECO in hacker's affections but       descendants of an early (and somewhat lobotomised) version       adopted by {DEC} can still be found lurking on {VMS} and a       couple of crufty {PDP-11} {operating systems}, and ports of       the more advanced MIT versions remain the focus of some       antiquarian interest.          See also {retrocomputing}.          {(ftp://usc.edu/)} for {VAX}/{VMS}, {Unix}, {MS-DOS},       {Macintosh}, {Amiga}.          [Authro?   Home page?]          (2001-03-26)
From The Elements (22Oct97) [elements]:
technetium    Symbol: Tc    Atomic number: 43    Atomic weight: (98)    Radioactive metallic transition element. Can be detected in some stars and    the fission products of uranium. First made by Perrier and Segre by    bombarding molybdenum with deutrons, giving them Tc-97. Tc-99 is the most    stable isotope with a half-life of 2.6*10^6 years. Sixteen isotopes are    known. Organic technetium compounds are used in bone imaging. Chemical    properties are intermediate between rhenium and manganese.