Time to live
(TTL) A field in the Internet Protocol header which indicates how many more hops this packet should be allowed to make before being discarded or returned.
(1994-12-12)
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- Time-travel
noun 1. hypothetical transport through time into the past or the future. noun See time travel noun the hypothetical process of moving between past and future; also written time-travel
- Time-trial
noun, Sports. 1. a race in which competitors are timed individually on a set distance over a course or track, especially to qualify for a successive event. noun 1. (esp in cycling) a race in which the competitors compete against the clock over a specified course
- Time value
noun 1. (music) the duration of a given printed note relative to other notes in a composition or section and considered in relation to the basic tempo Often shortened to time Also called note value
- Time-warp
noun 1. a hypothetical eccentricity in the progress of time that would allow movement back and forth between eras or that would permit the passage of time to be suspended. noun 1. any distortion of space-time 2. a hypothetical distortion of time in which people and events from one age can be imagined to exist […]
- Time was
Formerly, in the past, as in Time was, the city streets were perfectly safe at night. [ Mid-1500s ]