overhead : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: overhead	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for overhead
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
overhead adv above your head; in the sky; "planes were flying overhead" above the head; over the head; "bring the legs together overhead" adj located or originating from above; "an overhead crossing" Antonym(s): subsurface, surface n the expense of maintaining property (e.g., paying property taxes and utilities and insurance); it does not include depreciation or the cost of financing or income taxes Synonym(s): operating expense, operating cost, overhead, budget items (computer science) the processing time required by a device prior to the execution of a command Synonym(s): command processing overhead time, command processing overhead, command overhead, overhead (computer science) the disk space required for information that is not data but is used for location and timing Synonym(s): disk overhead, overhead a transparency for use with an overhead projector Synonym(s): viewgraph, overhead (nautical) the top surface of an enclosed space on a ship a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head Synonym(s): overhead, smash
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Overhead \O`verhead"\, adv. Aloft; above; in or attached to the ceiling or roof; in the story or upon the floor above; in the zenith. While overhead* the moon Sits arbitress. --Milton. Note: Also used adjectively; as, an overhead crane, gear, etc. {Overhead engine}, a vertical steam engine in which the cylinder stands above the crank. {Overhead work}, a general term in manufactories for countershafting and gearing, when overhead.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
overhead 1. Resources (in computing usually processing time or storage space) consumed for purposes which are incidental to, but necessary to, the main one. Overheads are usually quantifiable "costs" of some kind. Examples: The overheads in running a business include the cost of heating the building. Keeping a program running all the time eliminates the overhead of loading and initialising it for each transaction. Turning a {subroutine} into {inline} code eliminates the call and return time overhead for each execution but introduces space overheads. 2. information, such as control, routing, and error checking characters, that is transmitted along with the user data. It also includes information such as network status or operational instructions, network routing information, and retransmissions of user data received in error. 3. Overhead transparencies or "slides" (usually 8-1/2" x 11") that are projected to an audience via an overhead (flatbed) projector. (1997-09-01)