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121Feature (software design) — The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers defines the term feature in IEEE 829 as A distinguishing characteristic of a software item (e.g., performance, portability, or functionality). [… …
122Feature (GIS) — Als Feature wird in einem Geoinformationssystem (GIS) die kleinste, geometrisch sinnvolle Einheit innerhalb eines raumbezogenen Datasets bezeichnet. Diese wird beim Digitalisieren durch das Setzen von so genannten Stützpunkten erzeugt. Siehe auch …
123feature story — 1. a newspaper or magazine article or report of a person, event, an aspect of a major event, or the like, often having a personal slant and written in an individual style. Cf. follow up (def. 3b), hard news, news story. 2. the main or most… …
124Feature freeze — Un feature freeze est un point temporel dans un cycle de développement logiciel où l on décide d interdire tout ajout de nouvelles fonctionnalités. Ce choix délibéré a généralement pour but de permettre de finaliser un état stable d un programme… …
125feature shock — n. A computer user s reaction when faced with a program that has a large set of features. Example Citation: Since there now seems to be an inverse relationship between the number of features in a program and the size of the manual you receive,… …
126feature-length — adj. Feature length is used with these nouns: ↑documentary, ↑film, ↑movie …
127feature with (someone) — vb Australian to have sex with, succeed in seducing someone. A favourite expression of Barry McKenzie. Popularised by the car toon strip in Private Eye magazine in the 1960s, it was briefly current as a result among students and others. It is… …
128feature-line overlap — A vertical or oblique overlap in which a pilot is briefed to follow the course of ground features, such as a railway line or a canal, instead of straight courses. A series of overlapping air photographs will follow the line of a ground feature …
