单词 | rekey |
释义 | rekeyv. 1. intransitive. To key afresh or in a different way. ΚΠ 1874 Rep. Directors of Convict Prisons 1873 107 Repairing axles and re-keying on wheels. 1932 U.S. Patent 1,866,609 3/1 This adjustment of the disks can be effected by removing the keys which fasten these disks in position on the shaft, rotating said disks..and then re-keying when the disks have reached the proper position. 1939 Brit. Patent 500,958 3/1 The attendant may find it necessary to re-key and so transfer the connection to another line. 2008 U.S. Patent Applic. 2008/0175387 A1 4/1 Multicast groups may periodically change the group key. Frequent multicasts of the state including the group A key enables the nodes to rekey to the current group key. 2. transitive. To provide or fasten with a key again. Also: to provide with a new or different key. ΚΠ 1875 Minutes Proc. Inst. Civil Engineers 1874–5 39 i. 213 The pump [has to be] raised to leave the bottom clear to remove the sand, and then lowered and re-keyed. 1893 Rep. Proc. 26th Ann. Convent. Amer. Railway Master Mechanics' Assoc. 63 We have had some loose cylinders on our line, but we attribute the difficulty to bolts improperly put in... We find when they are re-keyed—new bolts put in, the trouble ceases. 1911 A. L. Dyke Dyke's Automobile Encycl. (ed. 2) 112 A loose flywheel should be re-keyed, and a broken one replaced. 1942 Pop. Sci. Monthly Feb. 87/2 Secrecy codes are devised to designate targets..and these codes are re-keyed as often as necessary. 1983 Cincinnati Apr. 66/3 Entire hotels can be re-keyed in a short period of time. 2003 L. Pynaker Time to Heal iii. 33 She didn't have a clue how to get a lock re-keyed. 3. transitive. To repeat the keying of; to enter (printed text, a character string) into a computer using a keyboard, in order to convert it (back) into digital form. Cf. rekeyboard vb. at re- prefix 1a. ΘΚΠ society > computing and information technology > data > database > data entry > enter data [verb (transitive)] > again rekey1931 1931 Brit. Patent 354,459 3/1 When the keysender start key is first operated, the ‘engaged’ lamp glows..thus furnishing an indication that the sender is engaged and may not be re-keyed until the lamp is extinguished. 1952 U.S. Patent 2,606,244 1 The readout devices may be caused to pass up the entries already made..and the name or word rekeyed. 1966 Proc. AFIPS Conf. 28 266/1 Backspacing over incorrect keystrokes and re-keying the correct strokes. 1994 CompuServe Mag. Mar. 4/3 I'm submitting a letter for publication and the editor doesn't want to rekey it. 2005 N. Johnson Big Dead Place i. 16 You can't step into the nearest bank branch to re-key your PIN because the bank cancelled your old cash card. Derivatives ˌreˈkeying n. ΘΚΠ society > computing and information technology > hardware > peripherals > [noun] > keyboard > entering via keyboard keying1879 rekeying1895 keyboarding1910 society > computing and information technology > data > database > data entry > [noun] > types of > again by keying rekeying1895 1895 R. Kipling in Graphic Christmas No. 12/1 A heart-diseased flutter without told that the propeller needed re-keying. 1931 Brit. Patent 354,459 3/1 The call may be set up afresh by a re-keying of a further set of digits. 1971 Computers & Humanities 6 40 If no re-keying of the text is necessary, making changes does not create new errors. 1973 R. L. Robinson Compl. Course Professional Locksmithing ii. 90 Re-keying instructions for ‘E’ series locks. 2004 Dominion Post (Wellington, N.Z.) (Nexis) 8 Mar. (Business section) 10 The rekeying of data by ministry staff is likely to be a feature of the education system ‘for a while yet’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1874 |
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