O has various meanings in the NASA category. Discover the full forms, definitions, and usage contexts of O in NASA.
To control the working of. The control column operates the ailerons and elevators. To use or manage.
NASAData generated by a computer is referred to as output. This includes data produced at a software level, such as the result of a calculation, or at a physical level, such as a printed document. A basic example of software output is a calculator program that produces the result of a mathematical operation. A more complex example is the results produced by a search engine, which compares keywords to millions of pages in its Web page index.
NASAIn a microscope, the objective is the lens nearest to the object being examined whereas the lens closest to the eye is termed the ocular.The light microscope today is usually binocular and has a turret bearing a selection of objective lens.
NASAOpen1 adj. Of, pertaining to, or providing accessibility. For example, an open file is one that can be used because a program has issued an open file command to the operating system. Open2 vb. To make an object, such as a file, accessible. To establish a temporary logical connection between a file and a running program. The connection exists until the program closes the connection or the program terminates.
NASA1. In computing, the relative significance of a digit or byte. High-order refers to the most significant (usually leftmost) digit or byte; low-order refers to the least significant (usually rightmost) digit or byte. 2. The magnitude of a database in terms of the number of fields it contains. 3. The sequence in which arithmetic operations are performed.
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