COMPS

Clipping of comprehensive layout, a graphic design showing final proposed layout of text and images.

Clipping of comprehensive examination.

Clipping of complimentary ticket or item.

(in bibliographies) Abbreviation of compiled.

Something suitable for comparison.

(grammar) A construction showing a relative quality, in English usually formed by adding more or appending -er. For example, the comparative of green is greener; of evil, more evil.

(grammar) A word in the comparative form.

(chiefly in the plural) Data used to make a comparison.

Comparison.

An instruction or command that compares two values.

Illustration by comparison; simile.

The act or principle of compensating.

Something which is regarded as an equivalent; something which compensates for loss.

The extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors by the credits of which they are reciprocally creditors; the payment of a debt by a credit of equal amount.

The action of competing.

"The competition for this job is strong."

A contest for a prize or award.

"The newspaper is featuring a competition to win a car."

The competitors in such a contest.

"The new stain remover was ten times more effective than the competition."

The act or process of compiling or gathering together from various sources.

That which is compiled; especially, a book or document composed of materials gathering from other books or documents.

Translation of source code into object code by a compiler.

One who compiles.

"a compiler of poetry anthologies"

A computer program which transforms source code into object code.

A mixture of different components.

A structural material that gains its strength from a combination of complementary materials.

A plant belonging to the family Asteraceae, syn. Compositae.

A (nonzero) natural number that is expressible as the product of two (or more) natural numbers other than itself and 1.

The act of putting together; assembly.

A mixture or compound; the result of composing.

The proportion of different parts to make a whole.

A person who sets type; a typesetter.

One who, or that which, composes or sets in order.

"I work as an image compositor."

A normal secondary school, accepting pupils of all abilities; replaced the secondary modern schools and grammar schools

The chief accountant of a company or government.

A person employed to perform computations; one who computes.

(by restriction) A male computer, where the female computer is called a computress.

A programmable electronic device that performs mathematical calculations and logical operations, especially one that can process, store and retrieve large amounts of data very quickly; now especially, a small one for personal or home use employed for manipulating text or graphics, accessing the Internet, or playing games or media.

The study of computers and their architecture, languages, and applications, in all aspects, as well as the mathematical structures that relate to computers and computation.