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Definition: Spec |
SpecNoun1. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "spec" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1838. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Spec A specification language. It expresses black box interface specifications for large distributed systems with real-time constraints. It incorporates conceptual models, inheritance and the event model. It is a descendant of MSG.84. ["An Introduction to the Specification Language Spec", V. Berzins et al, IEEE Software 7(2):74-84 (Mar 1990)]. spec specification SPECbase_fp92 A variant of SPECfp92 that reports "baseline" results, using stricter run rules. (1994-11-14) SPECbase_int92 A variant of SPECint92 that reports "baseline" results, using stricter run rules. (1994-11-14) SPECbaserate A variant of SPECrate that reports "baseline" results, using stricter run rules. See SPECrate_base_fp92, SPECrate_base_int92. (1994-11-14) SPEC CFP92 |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
SPEC | English | South Pacific Bureau for Economic Cooperation | Economics |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonym: SpecSynonym: specification (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Spec |
| Specialty definitions using "spec": 10base5 ♦ CFP92, CINT92 ♦ DRECNET ♦ Expanded Memory Specification ♦ SPEC CFP92, SPEC CINT92, SPEC rate, SPEC ratio, SPECfp92, SPECint92, SPECmark, SPECmark89, SPECrate_fp92 ♦ thick Ethernet, thicknet ♦ write-only memory ♦ x86 processor socket. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Spec" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Albanian (pepper, species), Korean (specs). |
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| "Spec" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 83.02% of the time. "Spec" is used about 106 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 83.02% | 88 | 35,154 |
| Unclassified Items | 9.43% | 10 | 111,207 |
| Noun (proper) | 5.66% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Noun (common) | 1.89% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 106 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "spec": on spec ♦ spec CFP92 ♦ spec CINT92 ♦ spec rate ♦ spec ratio. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "spec": spec-building, spec-built. | |
Ending with "spec": file-spec, higher-spec, High-spec, lower-spec, mil-spec, off-spec, similar-spec, top-spec, up-spec. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "spec"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | spekulim (jobbery, jobbing, money spinner, profiteering, speculation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | спекулация (gamble, jobbery, rig, speculation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 存储程序教育计算机 (specs). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | speciálnì (expressly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | PSCE, Programme de soutien la création d'emploi, Bureau de coopération économique du Pacifique Sud, BCEPS. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Spekulation (speculation, supposition). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | spekulációra (on spec, to forestall), próbaképp (on spec). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | er caa (on spec). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ecspay especulação (jobbery, speculation, theory). (various references) speculã (job, jobbery, jobbing, profiteering). (various references) спекуляция (agiotage, profiteering, speculation, spivvery, venture). (various references) specijalni (special), špekulacija (speculation). (various references) especulación (speculation). (various references) spekulation (speculation, venture). (various references) spekülasyon (adventure, speculation). (various references) спекуляція (jobbery, speculation, venture). (various references) sự kinh doanh đầu cơ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Job Chapter 33, Verse 32 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Ei eisin logoi apokriqhti moi lalhson qelw gar dikaiwqhnai se |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Si autem habes quod loquaris responde mihi loquere volo enim te apparere iustum |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | If forsothe thou hast what thou speke, answere to me, spec; I wile forsothe thee to apere riytwis. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | If thou hast anything to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to justify thee. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | If thou hast any thing to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to justify thee. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | If you have anything to say, give me an answer; for it is my desire that you may be judged free from sin. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Job Chapter 33, Verse 32 |
| Albanian | Në qoftë se ke diçka për të thënë, përgjigjmu, folë, sepse do të dëshiroja të të jepja të drejtë. |
| Cebuano | Kong anaay imong igsusulti tubaga ako: Sumulti ka, kay buot ako magpakamatarung kanimo. |
| Chinese | 若 有 話 說 、 就 可 以 回 " 我 ． 只 管 說 、 我 願 以 為 是 。 |
| Croatian | Ako rijeèi još imaš, odvrati mi, zbori - rado bih opravdao tebe. |
| Danish | Har du noget at sige, så svar mig, tal, thi gerne gav jeg dig Ret; |
| Dutch | Zo er redenen zijn, antwoord mij; spreek, want ik heb lust u te rechtvaardigen. |
| Finnish | Mutta jos sinulla on, mitä sanoa, niin vastaa minulle; puhu, sillä mielelläni soisin sinun olevan oikeassa. |
| French | Si tu as quelque chose dire, réponds-moi! Parle, car je voudrais te donner raison. |
| German | Hast du aber was zu sagen, so antworte mir; Sage an! ich wollte dich gerne rechtfertigen. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Tetapi jika ada yang hendak kaukatakan, silakan bicara; dan jika engkau benar, aku akan rela mengakuinya. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Jikalau kiranya adalah dalih padamu, sahutlah akan daku; katakanlah dia, karena sukalah aku membenarkan dikau. |
| Italian | ma se hai qualcosa da dire, rispondimi, parla, perché vorrei darti ragione; |
| Maori | Ki te mea he kupu tau, utua mai taku: korero, ko taku hoki i pai ai kia whakatikaia tau. |
| Norwegian | Har du ord, så svar mig, tal! Jeg vil gjerne gi dig rett. |
| Portuguese | Se tens alguma coisa que dizer, responde-me; fala, porque desejo justificar-te. |
| Rumanian | Dacq ai ceva de spus, rqspunde-mi! Vorbewte, cqci aw vrea sq-yi dau dreptate. |
| Russian | еУМЙ ЙНЕЕЫШ, ЮФП УЛБЪБФШ, ПФЧЕЮБК; ЗПЧПТЙ, ПФПНХ ЮФП С ЦЕМБМ 'Щ ФЧПЕЗП П ТБЧ"БОЙС; |
| Swedish | Dock, har du något att säga, så svara mig; tala, ty gärna gåve jag dig rätt. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "spec": specced, speccing, special, specialer, specialest, specialisation, specialisations, specialise, specialised, specialises, specialising, specialism, specialisms, specialist, specialistic, specialists, specialities, speciality, specialization, specializations, specialize, specialized, specializes, specializing, specially, specialness, specialnesses, specials, specialties, specialty, speciate, speciated, speciates, speciating, speciation, speciational, speciations, specie, species, speciesism, speciesisms, specifiable, specific, specifically, specification, specifications, specificities, specificity, specifics, specified, specifier. (additional references) | |
Words containing "spec": antispeculation, antispeculative, aspect, aspects, aspectual, bespectacled, cenospecies, circumspect, circumspection, circumspections, circumspectly, conspecific, conspecifics, conspectus, conspectuses, disrespect, disrespectabilities, disrespectability, disrespectable, disrespected, disrespectful, disrespectfully, disrespectfulness, disrespectfulnesses, disrespecting, disrespects, ecospecies, especial, especially, flyspeck, flyspecked, flyspecking, flyspecks, infraspecific, inspect, inspected, inspecting, inspection, inspections, inspective, inspector, inspectorate, inspectorates, inspectors, inspectorship, inspectorships, inspects, interspecies, interspecific, intraspecies, intraspecific. (additional references) | |
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"Spec" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: apec, Espc, espec, pec, Psac, Psdec, psuc, Rspce, saec, sbec, sbek, scec, scek, scep, sdec, sdek, sepac, sfec, sgec, sgek, shec, Shefc, siec, smec, snec, soec, spe, spea, speb, Specac, spech, speci, spect, specy, spee, speeb, speek, spef, speg, speh, spei, spej, spek, spem, spen, speo, spep, speq, Spesh, speu, spev, Spex, spey, spez, Spik, sqek, srec, stec, suec, svec, svek, swec, sxek, syec, syek, szec, szek, zec, Zpe. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "spec" (pronounced spe"k) |
| 4 | s p e" k | speck. |
| 3 | -p e" k | pech, Peck. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: ceps, pecs. | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-p-s" | |
-1 letter: cep, pec, pes, sec. | |
-2 letters: es, pe. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-p-s" | |
+1 letter: capes, cepes, copes, copse, epics, paces, pechs, pecks, puces, scape, scope, sepic, space, speck, specs, spice. | |
+2 letters: apices, aspect, becaps, biceps, capers, chapes, cheaps, cheeps, clepes, copens, copers, copies, copses, corpse, coupes, crapes, creeps, crepes, cripes, cupels, cusped, cypres, epacts, epochs, escape, escarp, pacers, parsec, peaces, pecans, pieces, places, ponces, precis, prices, psyche, recaps, scaped, scapes, schlep, scoped, scopes, scrape, secpar, septic, spaced, spacer, spaces, spacey, specie, specks, speech, spence, spicae, spiced, spicer, spices, spicey, splice, spruce. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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