HOLDDOWN

Etymology

Noun

holddown (plural holddowns)

(engineering) A clamping device that holds another structural element in place.

(computing) A period during which a network router ignores messages about a currently unreachable route, giving it time to become reachable again.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

11 June 2025

LIGHT

(adjective) having relatively few calories; “diet cola”; “light (or lite) beer”; “lite (or light) mayonnaise”; “a low-cal diet”


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Coffee Trivia

Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.

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