turnkey : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: turnkey	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for turnkey
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
turnkey n someone who guards prisoners [syn: prison guard, jailer, jailor, gaoler, screw, turnkey]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Turnkey \Turn"key`\, n.; pl. {Turnkeys}. 1. A person who has charge of the keys of a prison, for opening and fastening the doors; a warder. 2. (Dentistry) An instrument with a hinged claw, -- used for extracting teeth with a twist.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
turn-key A term which describes a system (hardware and software) which can be used for a specific application without requiring further programming or software installation. The user can just "turn the key" (switch it on) and use it. (1995-02-06)